A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of an intervention to educate students about depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-372

  Merritt, Rowena K ^a   Price, Jonathan R ^a   Mollison, Jill ^b   Geddes, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SYMPTOM; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AWARENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847213566     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706009056     Document Type: Article

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