Fixing thresholds along the continuum of depressive states

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 459-460

  Maj, M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DSM-IV; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; MALE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84899996096     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12186     Document Type: Article

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