An inadequate community standard of care: Lack of measurement of outcome when treating depression in clinical practice

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b   McGlinchey, Joseph B ^b   Chelminski, Iwona ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

EID: 45349087556     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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