General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 233-239 , May 2010

Depressive symptoms in adolescence: the association with multiple health risk behaviors

  • Wayne Katon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Group Health Research Institute, Group Health, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA. Tel.: +1 206 543 7177; fax: +1 206 221 5414.
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  • Laura Richardson, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    • Group Health Research Institute, Group Health, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    • ,
  • Joan Russo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
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  • Carolyn A. McCarty, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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  • Carol Rockhill, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth McCauley, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    • ,
  • Julie Richards, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Group Health Research Institute, Group Health, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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  • David C. Grossman, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Group Health Research Institute, Group Health, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    • Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA

Received 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 6 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 233-239 , May 2010

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