Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 185-188 , May 2006

Validity of a self-report depression symptom scale for identifying remission in depressed outpatients

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.07.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 185-188 , May 2006

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