Recognition and treatment of depression in primary care settings in 6 different countries: A retrospective file analysis by WHO

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-93

  Munitz, Hanan ^a   Valevski, Avi ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^a   Prilipko, Leonid ^b   Baudis, Pavel ^c   Skoda, Citrad ^c   Boussaid, Farid ^d   Moussaoui, Driss ^d   Belyanchikova, Maria A ^e   Bobrov, Alexei E ^e   Tsirkin, Sergei ^e   Yifang, Gan ^f   Channabasavanna, S M ^g  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d Psychiatre Psychanalyste Anthropologue Medecin du Travail et Specialiste de Medecine Aeronautique   (Morocco)

^e Institute of Psychiatry   (Russian Federation)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology of Depression; Treatment of Depression; WHO

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033919769     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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