Problems in accurate medical diagnosis of depression in female patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-412

  Floyd, Bonnie J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnoses; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0031018098     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00159-1     Document Type: Article

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