Managing depression in primary care: It's not only what you do it's the way that you do it

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 559, 2009, Pages 76-78

  Boardman, Jed ^a   Waiters, Paul ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 59849097181     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X395049     Document Type: Editorial

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