Self-attributed seasonality of mood and behavior: A report from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 517-523

  Winthorst, Wim H ^a   Roest, Annelieke M ^a   Bos, Elisabeth H ^a   Meesters, Ybe ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,b,c   Nolen, Willem A ^a   De Jonge, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Anxiety disorder; Behavior; Depressive disorder; Mood; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EATING; ENERGY; FEMALE; GLOBAL SEASONALITY SCORE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING; WINTER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84902507841     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22130     Document Type: Article

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