How can we use depression severity to guide treatment selection when measures of depression categorize patients differently?

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1287-1291

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b   Martinez, Jennifer H ^a,b   Friedman, Michael ^a,b   Boerescu, Daniela A ^a,b   Attiullah, Naureen ^a,b   Toba, Cristina ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84868103676     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.12m07775     Document Type: Article

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