Gender and depression: A study of severity and symptomatology of depressive disorders (ICD-10) in general practice

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Hildebrandt, Malene Grubbe ^a,b   Stage, K B ^a,b   Kragh Soerensen, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; General practice; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037371549     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.02108.x     Document Type: Article

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