What do general medical guidelines say about depression care? Depression treatment recommendations in general medical practice guidelines

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 626-631

  Kilbourne, Amy M ^a,b,g   Daugherty, Brandi ^c   Pincus, Harold Alan ^d,e,f  

^a VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g VA Ann Arbor HSR and D/SMITREC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Depression; General medical illness

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; GENERAL PRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148827698     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282f0c4d3     Document Type: Review

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