St John's wort use in Australian general practice patients with depressive symptoms: Their characteristics and use of other health services

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pirotta, Marie ^a   Densley, Konstancja ^a   Forsdike, Kirsty ^a   Carter, Meg ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Depression; General practice; Hypericum perforatum; Patient care; St John's wort

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT WORRY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUST; TRUST IN PHYSICIAN SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902928308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-204     Document Type: Article

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