Definitions and factors associated with subthreshold depressive conditions: A systematic review

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rodríguez, Mar R ^a,b   Nuevo, Roberto ^a,b   Chatterji, Somnath ^c   Ayuso Mateos, José L ^a,b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTHRESHOLD DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMMUNITY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; GENDER; MEDLINE; MINOR DEPRESSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBTHRESHOLD DEPRESSION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84872187325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-181     Document Type: Article

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