Rethinking recommendations for screening for depression in primary care

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-418

  Thombs, Brett D ^a   Coyne, James C ^b,c   Cuijpers, Pim ^d   De Jonge, Peter ^c   Gilbody, Simon ^e   Ioannidis, John P A ^f,g,h,i   Johnson, Blair T ^j   Patten, Scott B ^k   Turner, Erick H ^l   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^m  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^g INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^l OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CANADA; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857824487     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111035     Document Type: Article

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