What are specialist mental health clinician attitudes to guideline recommendations for the treatment of depression in young people?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 993-1001

  Hetrick, Sarah E ^a,b   Simmons, Magenta ^a   Thompson, Andrew ^a,c   Parker, Alexandra G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b National Youth Mental Health Foundation   (Australia)

^c THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Depressive disorder; Evidence based practice; Mental health services; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80555139021     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.619161     Document Type: Article

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