Sub-syndromal depression in adolescents attending primary care: Frequency, clinical features and 6 months outcome

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 735-744

  Gledhill, Julia ^a,b   Garralda, M Elena ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Depression; Outcome; Primary care; Sub syndromal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84893645356     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0572-z     Document Type: Article

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