Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among adult patients for depression in Taiwan

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 360-365

  Hsu, Mei Chi ^a   Creedy, Debra ^b   Moyle, Wendy ^b   Venturato, Lorraine ^b   Tsay, Shiow Luan ^c   Ouyang, Wen Chen ^d  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d Jianan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian culture; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Depression; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TAIWAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 54149104781     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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