Depression and quality of life among depressed Brazilian outpatients [4]

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-

  Berlim, Marcelo T ^a   Mattevi, Betina S ^a   Fleck, Marcelo P A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAZIL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0347906243     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.254     Document Type: Letter

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