Ethnic differences and similarities in outpatient treatment for depression in the Netherlands

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 690-697

  Fassaert, Thijs ^a   Peen, Jaap ^b   Van Straten, Annemieke ^d   De Wit, Matty ^a   Schrier, Agnes ^d   Heijnen, Henk ^e   Cuijpers, Pim ^d   Verhoeff, Arnoud ^a   Beekman, Aartjan ^c,f   Dekker, Jack ^b,c  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b Arkin   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Altrecht Institute of Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^e Heijnen Organisatieadviseurs   (Netherlands)

^f GGZ InGeest   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURINAME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; AMBULATORY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77954279088     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.7.690     Document Type: Article

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