Children with mental health disorders have lower symptoms of depression 3 years after contact with mental health services

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Paul Stallard. Evid Based Ment Health. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;21(1):e2.

doi: 10.1136/eb-2017-102735. Epub 2017 Sep 5.

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Keywords: mental health.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Reduction in adolescent depression after contact with mental health services: a longitudinal cohort study in the UK.
Neufeld SAS, Dunn VJ, Jones PB, Croudace TJ, Goodyer IM. Neufeld SAS, et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;4(2):120-127. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30002-0. Epub 2017 Jan 11. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 28087201 Free PMC article.

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