Barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of depression in Jordan. A nationwide qualitative study

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Nasir, Laeth S ^a,c   Al Qutob, Raeda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JORDAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044443716     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.2.125     Document Type: Review

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