Undetected depression in primary healthcare: Occurrence, severity and co-morbidity in a two-stage procedure of opportunistic screening

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 421-427

  Lotfi, Louise ^a   Flyckt, Lena ^a,b   Krakau, Ingvar ^a   Märtensson, Björn ^a   Nilsson, Gunnar H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Research and Development Section   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Depression; Primary Care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; GENDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449257996     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039481003786378     Document Type: Article

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