Treading a fine line: is diagnosing depression in young people just medicalising moodiness?

What it found

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Analyzing User-Generated Web-Based Posts of Adolescents' Emotional, Behavioral, and Symptom Responses to Beliefs About Depression: Qualitative Thematic Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023
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2. Identifying depression among adolescents using three key questions: a validation study in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016
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3. "I think this is maybe our Achilles heel..." exploring GPs' responses to young people presenting with emotional distress in general practice: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2013
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4. 'Can he have the test for bipolar, doctor? His dad's got it': exploring the potential of general practitioners to work with children and young people presenting in primary care with common mental health problems - a clinical initiative.Mental health in family medicine · 2012
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5. What is the role of general practice in addressing youth mental health? A discussion paper.Irish journal of medical science · 2012
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6. Adolescents who are frequent attenders to primary care: contribution of psychosocial factors.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2012
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7. The short-term outcome of depressive disorder in adolescents attending primary care: a cohort study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2011
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8. Depression in younger people.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2009
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  Depression in younger people.2009

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Abstract

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