Depressive, anxiety, and somatoform disorders in primary care: Prevalence and recognition

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-195

  Mergl, Roland ^a   Seidscheck, Isabel ^a   Allgaier, Antje Kathrin ^a   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Henkel, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Comorbidity; Depression; Primary health care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WELL BEING INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 34249033305     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20192     Document Type: Article

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