Outcome of common mental disorders in northern Taiwan: Effect of detection and treatment by general medical physicians

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Sun, I Wen ^a,b   Liu, Shen Ing ^a,b   Ho, Chih Jen ^a,b   Huang, Hui Chun ^a,b   Hsu, Chien Chi ^a,b   Fang, Chun Kai ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Detection; General medical physicians; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149095384     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840701592261     Document Type: Article

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