Predictive validation of single-episode uncomplicated depression as a benign subtype of unipolar major depression

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 445-457

  Wakefield, J C ^a   Schmitz, M F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement exclusion; Depression recurrence; Diagnostic validity; Generalized anxiety disorder; Harmful dysfunction; Major depression; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VALIDITY; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FOLLOW UP; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900024937     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12184     Document Type: Article

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