The role of sex on stability and change of depression symptom subtypes over 20 years: a latent transition analysis

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 264, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 577-588

  Rodgers, Stephanie ^a   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a   Müller, Mario ^a   Hengartner, Michael P ^a   Grosse Holtforth, Martin ^b   Angst, Jules ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Collegium Helveticum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Longitudinal studies; Sex; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888262824     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-013-0475-3     Document Type: Article

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