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Original Article

Prevalence, detection and management of anxiety and depressive symptoms in unemployed patients attending general practitioners

Elizabeth J. Comino Department of General Practice, Fairfield Hospital, PO Box 5, Fairfield, New South Wales, 1860, Australia
(Professor of General Practice) (Research Coordinator) (Professor of Psychiatry) (Deputy Director) (Lecturer) (Professor of General Practice) (Research Coordinator) (Professor of Psychiatry) (Deputy Director) (Lecturer) (Professor of General Practice) (Research Coordinator) (Professor of Psychiatry) (Deputy Director) (Lecturer) (Professor of General Practice) (Research Coordinator) (Professor of Psychiatry) (Deputy Director) (Lecturer) (Professor of General Practice) (Research Coordinator) (Professor of Psychiatry) (Deputy Director) (Lecturer) ,
Elizabeth Harris School of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
,
Derrick Silove Psychiatric Research Unit, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
,
Vijaya Manicavasagar Psychiatric Research Unit, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
&
Mark F. Harris School of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pages 107-113 | Received 14 Apr 1999, Accepted 23 Jul 1999, Published online: 20 Nov 2010

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