Recognition and treatment recommendations for generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive episode: A cross-sectional study among general practitioners in Norway

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 340-347

  Olssøn, Ingrid ^a,b,f   Mykletun, Arnstein ^c,d   Dahl, Alv A ^e  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f Hamar DPS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 33845702393     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v08n0604     Document Type: Article

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