Adjustment disorders in primary care: Prevalence, recognition and use of services

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-142

  Fernández, Anna ^a,b,c   Mendive, Juan M ^d   Salvador Carulla, Luis ^a,b   Rubio Valera, María ^b   Luciano, Juan Vicente ^a,b   Pinto Meza, Alejandra ^a,e   Haro, Josep Maria ^a,e   Palao, Diego J ^c   Bellón, Juan A ^b,f   Serrano Blanco, Antoni ^a,b  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOGNITION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864543045     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096305     Document Type: Article

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