Overt irritability/anger in unipolar major depressive episodes: Past and current characteristics and implications for long-term course

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1171-1180

  Judd, Lewis L ^a   Schettler, Pamela J ^a   Coryell, William ^b   Akiskal, Hagop S ^a   Fiedorowicz, Jess G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888397616     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.1957     Document Type: Article

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