A method that dramatically improves patient adherence to depression treatment

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 846-852

  Ruoff, Gary ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Westside Family Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26844578734     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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