Subjective distress predicts treatment seeking for depression, bipolar, anxiety, panic, neurasthenia and insomnia severity spectra

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-498

  Angst, J ^a   Gamma, A ^a   Clarke, D ^b   Ajdacic Gross, V ^a   Rossler W ^a   Regier, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Distress; Subthreshold diagnoses; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEURASTHENIA; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURASTHENIA; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149374291     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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