Should We Screen for Depression in the Emergency Department?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-178

  Kowalenko, Terry ^a   Khare, Rahul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0842282697     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.10.015     Document Type: Editorial

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