Uncomplicated depression: New evidence for the validity of extending the bereavement exclusion to other stressors

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-93

  Wakefield, J C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; DSM-IV; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE DEPRESSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878942526     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12112     Document Type: Article

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