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Research Article

Validity of K-SADS-PL (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children—Present and Lifetime Version) depression diagnoses in an adolescent clinical population

, M.D., , Ph.D., , M.Sc., , M.Sc., , Ph.D. & , M.D., Ph.D., FRCPsych.
Pages 409-420 | Accepted 11 Mar 2010, Published online: 03 May 2010

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