Psychiatric caseness is a marker of major depressive episode in general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-215

  Østergaard, Søren Dinesen ^a   Foldager, Leslie ^b,c   Allgulander, Christer ^d   Dahl, Alv A ^e,f   Huuhtanen, Marja Terttu ^g   Rasmussen, I B ^a   Munk Jørgensen, Povl ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g Kuopio Work Assessment Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnosis; Family practice; Mass screening; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 78649254082     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2010.501235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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