Prevalence, symptom patterns and comorbidity of anxiety and depressive disorders in primary care in Qatar

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-446

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Ghuloum, Suhaila ^d   Abou Saleh, Mohammed T ^e  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Community; Depression; Prevalence; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QATAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QATAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862646028     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0349-9     Document Type: Article

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