Depression comorbid with anxiety: Results from the WHO study on psychological disorders in primary health care

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JUNE SUPP. 30, 1996, Pages 38-43

  Sartorius, N ^a   Ustun T B ^b   Lecrubier, Y ^c   Wittchen, H U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURASTHENIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SAMPLING STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030058215     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000298395     Document Type: Article

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