Gender differences in depression and anxiety: The role of age

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1301-1303

  Faravelli, Carlo ^a   Alessandra Scarpato, Maria ^b   Castellini, Giovanni ^c   Lo Sauro, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Studio DeA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective disorders.; Gender; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ITALY; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888300564     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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