Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 273-282 , 15 October 2003

Depression with racing thoughts

  • Franco Benazzi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Health Service, Forli, Italy
    • Outpatient Psychiatry Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Via Pozzetto 17, Castiglione di Cervia RA 48015, Italy. Tel.: +39-335-6191-852; fax: +39-054-330-069

Received 30 January 2002 ,Revised 27 August 2002 ,Accepted 2 December 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00198-7

Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 273-282 , 15 October 2003

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