Using the PHQ-9 for depression screening and treatment monitoring for Chinese Americans in primary care

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 976-981

  Chen, Teddy M ^a   Huang, Frederick Y ^b   Chang, Christine ^c   Chung, Henry ^d  

^a Charles B Wang Community Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33745843715     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.7.976     Document Type: Article

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