Open AccessOutpatient Treatment of Child and Adolescent Depression in the United States
Author(s) -
Mark Olfson,
Marc J. Gameroff,
Steven C. Marcus,
Bruce Waslick
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.60.12.1236
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medical expenditure panel survey , medicine , medical prescription , psychiatry , population , mental health , outpatient clinic , ambulatory care , health care , health insurance , environmental health , economics , pharmacology , macroeconomics , economic growth
Although psychotherapy has traditionally been the dominant form of treatment for children and adolescents with depression, there has been a recent increase in the prescription of antidepressants for this age group.
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