We examined the prognostic validity of Winokur's familial subtypes of depression in 184 inpatients with primary unipolar major depression Patients with familial pure depressive disease had a more favorable hospital course and reported less symptoms during a 6-month follow-up evaluation than patients
The impact of the endogenous subtype on the familial aggregation of unipolar depression
β Scribed by Wolfgang Maier; Joachim Hallmayer; Dirk Lichtermann; Michael Philipp; Thomas Klingler
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 891 KB
- Volume
- 240
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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