Beliefs and attitudes associated with the intention to not accept the diagnosis of depression among young adults

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-46

  Van Voorhees, Benjamin W ^a   Fogel, Joshua ^b   Houston, Thomas K ^c   Cooper, Lisa A ^d,e,f   Wang, Nae Yub ^d   Ford, Dhaniel E ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attitude; Depression therapy; Stereotyping; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 13444262445     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.273     Document Type: Article

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