Depressive disorders in elderly Chinese patients in Macau: A comparison of general practitioners' consultations with a depression screening scale

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 336-344

  Da Canhota, C M N ^a   Piterman, L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Prevalence; Primary care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MACAO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0034942328     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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