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
Recognition of depression and appropriateness of antidepressant treatment in Italian primary care
β Scribed by Matteo Balestrieri; MauroG. Carta; Sabina Leonetti; Giuseppe Sebastiani; Fabrizio Starace; Cesario Bellantuono
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 288 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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