Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 266-271 , July 2005

Relationships between major depressive disorder and comorbid anxiety and personality disorders

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☆ The study was supported by grant 5RO1MH56057-02 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md.

PII: S0010-440X(04)00174-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.10.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 266-271 , July 2005

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