Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 87-89 , 30 September 2006

Should additional symptoms be included in criteria for atypical depression?

  • Brett Silverstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
  • ,
  • Patricia Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
  • ,
  • Stephanie Kasen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA

Received 10 October 2005 ,Revised 8 January 2006 ,Accepted 9 February 2006.

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00040-0

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.02.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 87-89 , 30 September 2006