General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 316-322 , July 2004

Rates of maternal depression in pediatric emergency department and relationship to child service utilization

  • Heather A Flynn, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Michigan Depression Center, University of Michigan Medical School, 2101 Commonwealth Boulevard, Suite B, Room 1003 Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-734-936-8702; fax: +1-734-764-4031
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  • Matthew Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P.

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of General Pediatrics and General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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  • Sheila M Marcus, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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  • Rebecca Cunningham, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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  • Frederic C Blow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA

Received 26 September 2003 ,Accepted 9 March 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.03.009

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 316-322 , July 2004

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