The primary care anxiety and depression (PCAD) scale: A culture-oriented screening scale

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-124

  El Rufaie, O E F ^a   Absood, G H ^a   Abou Saleh, M T ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cultural factors; Depression; Primary health care; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING;

EID: 0031047714     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb00384.x     Document Type: Article

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