Primary care physicians' attitude toward diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 784-790

  Harman, Jeffrey S ^a   Brown, Ellen L ^b   Ten Have, Thomas ^c   Mulsant, Benoit H ^d   Brown, Greg ^c   Bruce, Martha L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038122959     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900024299     Document Type: Article

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