Clinician-identified depression in community settings: Concordance with structured-interview diagnoses

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Mojtabai, Ramin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnosis; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCED PERSON; DRUG USE; DSM-IV; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; SEPARATED PERSON; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875680551     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345968     Document Type: Review

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