Prevention of depression: The state of the science at the beginning of the 21st Century

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-670

  Barrera, Alinne Z ^a,b   Torres, Leandro D ^a   Mũoz, Ricardo F ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38749119779     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260701797894     Document Type: Review

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