Open AccessPediatricians’ Self-Reported Role in Treating Children and Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder
Author(s) -
Andrea R. Pfalzgraf,
Virginia Scott,
Eugene H. Makela,
Steven L. Hartsock,
Jan Kavookjian,
Lesley-Ann Miller
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.11m01332
Subject(s) - referral , major depressive disorder , medicine , economic shortage , descriptive statistics , psychiatry , pediatrics , family medicine , public health , mood , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , nursing , government (linguistics)
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious US public health problem for children and adolescents. This study explored pediatricians' self-reported role in treating children and adolescents with DSM-IV-TR MDD after the 2004 US Food and Drug Administration black-box warning.