Preventing depression in adolescents: Requires a broad public health approach and refinement of interventions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7878, 2012, Pages

  Merry, Sally N ^a   Stasiak, Karolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84867425695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6720     Document Type: Editorial

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