The Concept of Euthymia

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-5

  Fava, Giovanni A ^a,b   Bech, Per ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EUTHYMIA; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; CYCLOTHYMIA;

CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84955204301     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000441244     Document Type: Editorial

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