Measuring outcomes in patients with depression or anxiety: an essential part of clinical practice

Boettcher, Brian M

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To the Editor: I do not believe that Dinnen's comments1 should be so easily dismissed as suggested by the academics proposing that general practitioners should do questionnaires,2,3 at least in New South Wales.

Correspondence:

1. Dinnen A. Measuring outcomes in patients with depression or anxiety: an essential part of clinical practice [letter]. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 48. <eMJA full text>
2. Hickie IB, Andrews G, Davenport TA. Measuring outcomes in patients with depression or anxiety: an essential part of clinical practice. Med J Aust 2002; 177: 205-207. <eMJA full text>
3. Andrews GA, Hickie IB, Davenport TA. Measuring outcomes in patients with depression or anxiety: an essential part of clinical practice [letter]. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 48. <eMJA full text>

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