Major depression in Canada: What has changed over the past 10 years?

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 80-85

  Patten, Scott B ^a   Williams, Jeanne V A ^b   Lavorato, Dina H ^b   Wang, Jian Li ^a   McDonald, Keltie ^b   Bulloch, Andrew G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Depression; Epidemiology; Health care utilization; Major depressive disorder; Major depressive episodes; Population studies

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84957537581     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0706743715625940     Document Type: Article

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