Quality improvement for depression in primary care: Do patients with subthreshold depression benefit in the long run?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1149-1157

  Wells, Kenneth ^a   Sherbourne, Cathy ^b   Duan, Naihua ^b   Unützer, Jürgen ^b   Miranda, Jeanne ^b   Schoenbaum, Michael ^b   Ettner, Susan L ^b   Meredith, Lisa S ^b   Rubenstein, Lisa ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044368683     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.6.1149     Document Type: Article

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