title: Depressive thoughts in general practice attenders.
abstract: Depressive thoughts were commonly reported by a sample of patients attending a south London general practitioner. Their occurrence corresponded more closely with a psychiatrist's than the general practitioner's diagnosis of depression; a 'scale' composed of questions about depressive thinking discriminated well between depressed and non-depressed men, but was a much poorer discriminator in the women.
authors.affiliation: General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skuse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking