Depression recovery from the primary care patient's perspective: 'Hear it in my voice and see it in my eyes'

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Johnson, Caroline ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a   Kokanovic, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Primary care; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 70350015205     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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