Are consumers of internet health information "cyberchondriacs"? characteristics of 24,965 users of a depression screening site

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-77

  Leykin, Yan ^a   Muñoz, Ricardo F ^a,b   Contreras, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cyberchondriasis; depression rates; internet screening; major depression; telecare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYBERCHONDRIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84856745542     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20848     Document Type: Article

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