Mixed, melancholic, and anxious features in depression: A cross-sectional study of sociodemographic and clinical correlates

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 243-253

  Zaninotto, Leonardo ^a,b   Souery, Daniel ^c   Calati, Raffaella ^d   Scudellari, Paolo ^b   Janiri, Luigi ^a   Montgomery, Stuart ^e   Kasper, Siegfried ^f   Zohar, Joseph ^g   Mendlewicz, Julien ^c   Serretti, Alessandro ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANXIETY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84929069779     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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