Is two weeks the optimum duration criterion for major depression?

Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Angst, Jules ^a   Hengartner, Michael P ^a   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Major depressive episodes; Minimum duration; Validity

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899554196     PISSN: 11399287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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