Public views on antidepressant treatment: Lessons from a national survey

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-378

  Sigurdsson, Engilbert ^a   Ólafsdóttir, Thórdís ^b   Gottfredsson, Magnús ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Population based; Survey; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649095973     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801984156     Document Type: Article

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