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A Web Based Education Program in Adolescent Depression and Suicide for Primary Care Physicians [P02-22]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

S. Kutcher*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Abstract

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Adolescent depression and suicide are two important and related issues that can be effectively addressed by primary care physicians who have received appropriate training which includes the use of simple clinical tools that can be applied in usual primary care settings. This presentation reviews the evidence pertaining to primary care intervention for adolescent depression and suicide and provides a detailed description of a new Canadian web-based educational program for primary care physicians in the domain of adolescent depression and suicide.

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P02-22
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