Some recommendations to assess depression in Chinese people in Australasia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Chan, Bibiana ^a   Parker, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chinese; Culture; Depression

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHINA; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES; REPRESSION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 1842850951     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01321.x     Document Type: Review

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