Why the HADS is still important: Reply to Coyne & van Sonderen

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-

  Doyle, Frank ^a   Cosco, Theodore ^b   Conroy, Ronán ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84862239677     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.04.003     Document Type: Letter

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