Clinicians' attitudes to depression in Europe: A pooled analysis of depression attitude questionnaire findings

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Haddad, M ^a   Menchetti, M ^b   Walters, P ^a   Norton, J ^c   Tylee, A ^a   Mann, A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Attitude; Depression; Primary health care; Review; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84859226568     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr070     Document Type: Article

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