Screening for depression in primary care: What do we still need to know?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-145

  McAlpine, Donna D ^a,b   Wilson, Amy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MMC 729 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Depression; Depressive disorder; Mass screening; Primary health care; Psychiatric status rating scales; Psychometrics; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542465842     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20000     Document Type: Review

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