Depression: Epidemic or pseudo-epidemic?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-162

  Summerfield, Derek ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33645013510     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.3.161     Document Type: Review

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