Subsyndromal depression: An impact on quality of life?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 163-169

  da Silva Lima, Ana Flávia Barros ^a   de Almeida Fleck, Marcelo Pio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Subsyndromal depression; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION INSTRUMENT; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALIFY OF LIFE DEPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SUBSYNDROMAL DEPRESSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34249298276     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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