Observational studies of depression in primary care: What do we know?

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gilchrist, Gail ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250187733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-28     Document Type: Article

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