Low level of optimism predicts initiation of psychotherapy for depression: Results from the finnish public sector study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Karlsson, Hasse ^a,c,i   Kronström, Kim ^c   Nabi, Hermann ^f,g   Oksanen, Tuula ^b   Salo, Paula ^b   Virtanen, Marianna ^b   Suominen, Sakari ^d   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,h   Vahtera, Jussi ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Departments of Clinical Medicine   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Lehmustie 12b   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Optimism; Pessimism; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955083612     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323613     Document Type: Article

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