Do characteristics of patients with major depressive disorder differ between primary and psychiatric care?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 893-904

  Vourilehto, Maria S ^a,b   Melartin, Tarja K ^a   Rytsälä, Heikki J ^c   Isometsä, Erkki T ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b City of Vantaa   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34248578791     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000098     Document Type: Article

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