Objectives. To examine general practitioners' (GP) awareness of depression in their elderly patients (aged over 65) and to identify characteristics of those patients least likely to be recognized and treated. Design. A cross-sectional study comparing the clinical opinion of the GP with assessment o
Anti-depressants in primary care: analysis of treatment discontinuations
โ Scribed by P McGettigan; A Kelly; M Carvahlo; J Feely
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1053-8569
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