Adherence to guidelines for treatment of depression in in-patients

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue NOV., 2005, Pages 462-469

  Schneider, Frank ^a,l   Härter, Martin ^b   Brand, Silke ^a   Sitta, Petra ^b   Menke, Ralph ^c   Hammer Filipiak, Ursula ^d   Kudling, Ralf ^e   Heindl, Andrea ^f   Herold, Kurt ^g   Frommberger, Ulrich ^h   Elmer, Olivier ⁱ   Hetzel, Günter ^j   Witt, Gabriele ^k   Wolfersdorf, Manfred ^f   Berger, Mathias ^b   Gaebel, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d State Hospital Weinsberg   (Germany)

^e Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics   (Germany)

^f State Hospital Bayreuth   (Germany)

^g Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^h Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

ⁱ State Hospital Wiesloch   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^l RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27544469879     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.5.462     Document Type: Article

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