Depression: Discrete or continuous?

Psychopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 69-78

  Bowins, Brad ^a  

^a Centre for Theoretical Research in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Dimensions; Discrete; Dysthymia; Endogenous depression; Major depression; Melancholia; Minor depression; Reactive depression

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924995343     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: 1423033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000366504     Document Type: Article

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