Trends in subthreshold psychiatric diagnoses for youth in community treatment

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-83

  Safer, Daniel J ^a   Rajakannan, Thiyagu ^b   Burcu, Mehmet ^b   Zito, Julie M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DSM-IV; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MOOD DISORDER; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920774929     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1746     Document Type: Article

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