Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 549-555 , November 2009

Is there a measurement overlap between depressive symptoms and quality of life?

  • Neusa Sica da Rocha

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry-UFRGS, Brazil
    • Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry-UFRGS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Avenida Ramiro Barcelos, 2350 4° andar, Psychiatric Service, Porto Alegre-RS CEP 90003-035, Brazil. Tel.: +51 21018413.
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  • Mick J. Power

      Affiliations

    • Section of Health and Clinical Psychology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Donald M. Bushnell

      Affiliations

    • Health Research Associates
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  • Marcelo P. Fleck

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry-UFRGS, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine-UFRGS, Brazil

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.015

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 549-555 , November 2009

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