Explicit and implicit information needs of people with depression: A qualitative investigation of problems reported on an online depression support forum

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Barney, Lisa J ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Banfield, Michelle A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; STATISTICS;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 79955958799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-88     Document Type: Article

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