Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1208-1211
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Comparison of adolescent- and adult-onset unipolar depression
TH McGlashan
Chestnut Lodge Research Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.
The author compared the longitudinal clinical profiles of patients with
adolescent-onset (N = 20) and adult-onset (N = 38) unipolar depression. The
findings support the validity of subtyping depression by age at onset and
comorbid substance abuse.