Diagnosis delay in first episodes of major depression: A study of primary care patients in Spain

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1247-1250

  Huerta Ramírez, Raúl ^a   Bertsch, Jordan ^b   Cabello, María ^c,d   Roca, Miquel ^e,f   Haro, Josep Maria ^b,c,h   Ayuso Mateos, José Luis ^c,d,g  

^a Hermanas Hospitalarias ^*  (Spain)

^b PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^f Hospital Juan March   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis delay; Major depression; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME; URBAN AREA;

DIAGNOSIS DELAY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIMARY CARE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 84888379701     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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