Yield of practice-based depression screening in VA primary care settings

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Chaney, Edmund F ^c,d   Campbell, Duncan G ^e   Klap, Ruth ^a   Simon, Barbara F ^a   Bonner, Laura M ^c,d   Lanto, Andrew B ^a   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,b,f,g,h  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health care delivery; Primary care; Screening; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING; STROKE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862578274     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1904-5     Document Type: Article

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