Missed diagnosis of psychotic depression at 4 academic medical centers

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1293-1296

  Rothschild, Anthony J ^a   Winer, Jesse ^a   Flint, Alastair J ^b,c,d,e   Mulsant, Benoit H ^b,f,g   Whyte, Ellen M ^g   Heo, Moonseong ^h,i   Fratoni, Susan ^a   Gabriele, Michelle ^h,i   Kasapinovic, Sonja ^b,c,d,e   Meyers, Barnett S ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 49449093954     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0813     Document Type: Article

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