Is there a gap between recommended and real world practice in the management of depression in young people? A medical file audit of practice

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hetrick, Sarah E ^a,b   Thompson, Andrew ^a,c   Yuen, Kally ^a   Finch, Sue ^d   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)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862734727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-178     Document Type: Article

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