Uncomplicated depression is normal sadness, not depressive disorder: Further evidence from the NESARC

World Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-319

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a,b,c   Schmitz, Mark F ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL PATIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; REPLICATION STUDY; SADNESS; UNCOMPLICATED DEPRESSION;

EID: 84908087899     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20155     Document Type: Letter

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