Twelve month outcome of depression in general practice: Does detection or disclosure make a difference?

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7015, 1995, Pages 1274-

  Dowrick, Christopher ^a   Buchan, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0028790914     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7015.1274     Document Type: Article

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