A new case-finding tool for anxiety: A pragmatic diagnostic validity study in primary care

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-381

  Puddifoot, Sophie ^a   Arroll, Bruce ^b   Goodyear Smith, Felicity A ^b   Kerse, Ngaire M ^b   Fishman, Tana G ^b   Gunn, Jane M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Case finding; Diagnosis; Family practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41549108837     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.37.4.b     Document Type: Article

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