Factors influencing primary care attendance in adolescents with high levels of depressive symptoms

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 825-833

  Ferrin, Maite ^a   Gledhill, Julia ^b,c   Kramer, Tami ^b,c   Garralda, M Elena ^b,c  

^a Unidad de Psiquiatria Infanto Juvenil   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attenders; Attitudes; Depressive symptoms; Non attenders; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349259368     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0004-x     Document Type: Article

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