Emotional distress: An alternative primary care perspective

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 125-127

  Mendive, Juan ^a,b  

^a La Mina Health Centre   (Spain)

^b Wonca Working Party on Mental Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77149154007     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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