Measuring depression with questions about well-being: A study on psychiatric outpatients

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 304-308

  Tarolla, Emanuele ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^b,c   Fabi, Elisa ^b   Gaviano, Ilaria ^b   Gigantesco, Antonella ^a   Tarsitani, Lorenzo ^b,c   Picardi, Angelo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Positive affect; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WELLBEING;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84866758091     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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