Depression in primary care: Difficulties and paradoxes

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 393-398

  Naqvi, Haider ^a   Khan, Murad Moosa ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GRIEF; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATIZATION; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 31344451883     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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