Primary Prevention in Psychiatry
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Psychiatry and Primary Care
This article examines the prevalence, nature, and comorbidity of depressive disorders using DSM-111-R criteria among patients recruited from the waiting rooms of family physicians. A total of 1928 family practice patients completed a screening form including the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), and patients with elevated CES-D scores were oversampled for possible inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0253-7176,0975-1564
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.53307