Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 31-39 , October 2003

Lifetime patterns of depressive symptoms in the community and among primary care attenders: an application of grade of membership analysis

  • Erika Szádóczky

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Sándor Rózsa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Personality and Health Psychology, Lorand Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Scott Patten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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  • Mihály Arató

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary
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  • János Füredi

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary

Received 24 April 2001 ,Revised 18 March 2002 ,Accepted 20 March 2002.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 31-39 , October 2003

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