From depressive symptoms to depressive disorders: The relevance of thresholds

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 365-371

  Ayuso Mateos, José L ^a   Nuevo, Roberto ^a   Verdes, Emese ^b   Naidoo, Nirmala ^b   Chatterji, Somnath ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD CHANGE; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77951750297     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.071191     Document Type: Article

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