The paradoxical role of antidepressant medication - Returning to normal functioning while losing the sense of being normal

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 521-535

  Garfield, Sara F ^a   Smith, Felicity J ^a   Francis, Sally Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Concordance; Depression; Patient perspective; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0141860967     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230310001603582     Document Type: Article

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