Mental Health of Patients Visiting an Outpatient Menopause Clinic

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 252-259

  Takamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a,d   Fujii, Eriko ^a   Ohta, Hiroaki ^b   Nakamura, Kenji ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dept of Health and Social Welfare   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale); Menopause; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0346502792     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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