Clinical diagnosis of depression in primary care

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9704, 2009, Pages 1817-

  van Weel Baumgarten, Evelyn ^a   Lucassen, Peter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 71549171748     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62051-1     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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