Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 191-196 , 15 November 2006

Double depression in adult psychiatric outpatients in Brazil: Distinct from major depression?

  • Jill M. Holm-Denoma

      Affiliations

    • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Marcelo T. Berlim

      Affiliations

    • University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marcelo P.A. Fleck

      Affiliations

    • University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • ,
  • Thomas E. Joiner Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA. Tel.: +1 850 644 1454; fax: +1 850 644 7739.

Received 14 September 2004 ,Revised 14 June 2005 ,Accepted 20 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.06.011

Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 191-196 , 15 November 2006

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