Vicarious experience affects patients' treatment preferences for depression.

Depression is common in primary care but often under-treated. Personal experiences with depression can affect adherence to therapy, but the effect of vicarious experience is unstudied. We sought to evaluate the association between a patient's vicarious experiences with depression (those of frie...

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Main Authors: Seth A Berkowitz, Robert A Bell, Richard L Kravitz, Mitchell D Feldman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283627?pdf=render