Should depression be managed as a chronic disease?

G Andrews¹

Affiliations

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and, School of Psychiatry, UNSW at St Vincent's Hospital, 299 Forbes Street, Sydney, 2010, Australia. gavina@crufad.unsw.edu.au

G Andrews. BMJ. 2001.

. 2001 Feb 17;322(7283):419-21.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.419.

G Andrews¹

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and, School of Psychiatry, UNSW at St Vincent's Hospital, 299 Forbes Street, Sydney, 2010, Australia. gavina@crufad.unsw.edu.au

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Patients with depression can be taught how to improve recovery.
Fava GA, Ruini C, Mangelli L. Fava GA, et al. BMJ. 2001 Jun 9;322(7299):1428. BMJ. 2001. PMID: 11397758 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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