Depression: A diagnosis aptly used?

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Wancata, Johannes ^a   Friedrich, Fabian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Mass screening; Meta analysis; Recognition; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 82155167707     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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