Factors associated with receipt of adequate antidepressant pharmacotherapy by va patients with recurrent depression

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-388

  Garfield, Lauren D ^a,b   Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,c   Chrusciel, Timothy ^a   Nurutdinova, Diana ^a,c   Lustman, Patrick J ^a,c   Fu, Qiang ^d   Burroughs, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 79953695081     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.4.pss6204_0381     Document Type: Article

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