A network approach to the comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder: The role of overlapping symptoms

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 208, Issue , 2017, Pages 490-496

  Afzali, Mohammad H ^a   Sunderland, Matthew ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a   Carragher, Natacha ^b   Mills, Katherine ^a   Slade, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Network analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SADNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85003443600     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.10.037     Document Type: Article

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