THE RESEARCH TEAM OF THE COV2SOUL.RS PROJECT, REPORTS THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON DEPRESSIVENESS IN SERBIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

Preliminary data on depression in Serbia today

  • Nađa Marić
  • Goran Knežević
  • Zorica Terzić Supić Prof. Dr
  • Ljiljana Mihić
  • Milica Pejović-Milovančević
  • Ljiljana Lazarević
  • Olivera Vuković
  • Oliver Tošković
  • Jovana Todorović
Keywords: depression, mental health, PHQ-9, Serbia

Abstract


Letter to the editor

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Published
2021/12/28
Section
Editorials