Major depressive disorder

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Otte, Christian ^a   Gold, Stefan M ^a,b   Penninx, Brenda W ^c   Pariante, Carmine M ^d   Etkin, Amit ^e   Fava, Maurizio ^f   Mohr, David C ^g   Schatzberg, Alan F ^e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MONOAMINE; BIOGENIC AMINE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DSM-5; DSM-IV; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERITABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; ABNORMALITIES; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85006094874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2016.65     Document Type: Review

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