Sex differences in the prevalence and detection of depressive and anxiety disorders in general health care settings: Report from the world health organization collaborative study on psychological problems in general health care

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 405-413

  Gater, Richard ^a,g   Tansella, Michele ^b   Korten, Ailsa ^c   Tiemens, Bea G ^d   Mavreas, Venos G ^e   Olatawura, Michael O ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^g MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PANIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031809163     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.5.405     Document Type: Article

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