Quality of life of sardinian immigrants in buenos aires and of people living in Italy and Sardinia: Does the kind of care have a role for people with depression?

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-166

  Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a   D'Oca, Silvia ^a   Atzeni, Michela ^a   Perra, Alessandra ^a   Moro, Maria Francesca ^a   Sancassiani, Federica ^a   Mausel, Gustavo ^b   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^c   Minerba, Luigi ^a   Brasesco, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Universidad del Museo Social Argentino   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community survey; Immigration; Major depressive disorder; Mood disorders; Quality of life; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARDINIA; SHORT FORM 12;

EID: 85012277571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901612010158     Document Type: Article

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