Validity of Gotland Male Depression Scale for male depression in a community study: The Sudurnesjamenn study

• Published in: Journal of Affective Disorders
• Main Authors: Sigurdsson, Bjarni, Palsson, Sigurdur Pall, Aevarsson, Olafur, Olafsdottir, Maria, Johannsson, Magnus
• Other Authors: 1 Univ Iceland, Dept Pharmacol & Toxicol, Fac Med, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland 2 Univ Hosp Iceland, Dept Psychiat, Reykjavik, Iceland Organization-Enhanced Name(s) Landspitali National University Hospital 3 Univ Iceland, Ctr Sport & Hlth Sci, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland 4 Arbaer Hlth Clin, Primary Hlth Care Capital Area, Reykjavik, Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Elsevier Science BV 2015
• Subjects: Þunglyndi; Adult Depressive Disorder; Major/diagnosis*; Depressive Disorder; Major/epidemiology; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Iceland/epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/standards*; Humans; Landakot; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/577195; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.065

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Background: Several studies suggest a "male depressive syndrome", where not only the standard symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD) but also symptoms of anxiety, anger, irrit...