"I didn't know what was wrong:" How people with undiagnosed depression recognize, name and explain their distress

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 954-961

  Epstein, Ronald M ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Feldman, Mitchell D ^b   Rochlen, Aaron B ^c   Bell, Robert A ^d   Kravitz, Richard L ^e   Cipri, Camille ^e   Becker, Jennifer D ^a   Bamonti, Patricia M ^a   Paterniti, Debora A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; diagnosis; interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIALIZATION; STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956420556     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1367-0     Document Type: Article

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