Why am I depressed? An investigation of whether patients' beliefs about depression concur with their diagnostic subtype

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 543-546

  Tully, Lucy A ^b   Parker, Gordon B ^a   Wilhelm, Kay ^b   Malhi, Gin S ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beliefs; Causes; Depression; Mental health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746606911     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000224883.39685.78     Document Type: Article

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