Depression is very disabling

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9590, 2007, Pages 808-809

  Andrews, Gavin ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34548384914     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61393-2     Document Type: Note

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