How do general practitioners in Thailand diagnose and treat patients presenting with anxiety and depression?

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Lotrakul, Manote ^a   Saipanish, Ratana ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THAILAND;

EID: 58449085481     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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