Prevalence and determinants of depressive disorders in primary care practice in Spain

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-35

  Aragonès, Enric ^a,c   Piñol, Josep Lluís ^a   Labad, Antonio ^b   Masdéu, Rosa Maria ^a   Pino, Magdalena ^a   Cervera, Josepa ^a  

^a Catalan Health Institute   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Ctr d'Atencio Primaria de Constanti   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depressive disorder; Dysthymic disorder; Prevalence; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EXAMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 3042582274     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/C25N-W4NY-BN8W-TXN2     Document Type: Article

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