A 5-year follow-up of general practice patients experiencing depression

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 685-689

  Wilson, Ian ^b   Duszynski, Katherine ^b   Mant, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Chronic disease; Depression; Family practice; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347597742     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg611     Document Type: Article

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