Is the distinction between adjustment disorder with depressed mood and adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood valid?

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 257-265

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a   Martinez, Jennifer H ^a   Dalrymple, Kristy ^a   Chelminski, Iwona ^a   Young, Diane ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Diagnostic validity; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; DSM-IV; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 84899671771     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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