Barriers in diagnosing and treating men with depression: A focus group report

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-175

  Rochlen, Aaron B ^a   Paterniti, Debora A ^b   Epstein, Ronald M ^c   Duberstein, Paul ^c   Willeford, Lindsay ^a   Kravitz, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Masked depression; Men and depression; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953161014     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988309335823     Document Type: Article

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