Which somatic symptoms are associated with an unfavorable course in Chinese patients with major depressive disorder?

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 427-435

  Novick, Diego ^a   Montgomery, William S ^b   Aguado, Jaume ^c   Peng, Xiaomei ^a   Brugnoli, Roberto ^d   Haro, Josep Maria ^c  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Outcome; Pain; Somatic symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REMISSION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84942988573     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12189     Document Type: Article

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