Diagnosed thyroid disorders are associated with depression and anxiety

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1417-1425

  Ittermann, Till ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a   Baumeister, Sebastian E ^a   Appel, Katja ^a   Grabe, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Epidemiology; Thyroid; Thyroid hormone metabolism

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; THYROID DISEASES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTOANTIBODIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84942551971     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1043-0     Document Type: Article

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