Management of depression in UK general practice in relation to scores on depression severity questionnaires: Analysis of medical record data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7697, 2009, Pages

  Kendrick, Tony ^a   Dowrick, Christopher ^b   McBride, Anita ^a   Howe, Amanda ^c   Clarke, Pamela ^b   Maisey, Sue ^c   MichaelMoore, ^a   Smith, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859000596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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