Self-help strategies that are helpful for sub-threshold depression: A Delphi consensus study
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 17 September 2008
Amy J. Morgan, Anthony F. Jorm
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A list of self-help strategies which are likely to be helpful and are feasible to implement by people with sub-threshold depression is identified and the promotion of these strategies to the public needs to be evaluated to see if it could reduce the disability burden of sub-Threshold depression.
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We identified a list of self-help strategies which are likely to be helpful and are feasible to implement by people with sub-threshold depression. The promotion of these strategies to the public needs to be evaluated to see if it could reduce the disability burden of sub-threshold depression.
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