General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 379-386 , September 2006

Influence of patient preference and primary care clinician proclivity for watchful waiting on receipt of depression treatment

  • Megan Dwight Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, P.O. Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 598 6091; fax: +1 206 598 6111.
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  • Lisa S. Meredith, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401-3208, USA
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  • Scot C. Hickey, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401-3208, USA
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  • Kenneth B. Wells, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401-3208, USA
    • University of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA

Received 27 February 2006 ,Accepted 12 July 2006.

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PII: S0163-8343(06)00130-7

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.07.006

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 379-386 , September 2006

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