Evidence does matter-and evidence does not support the National Heart Foundation of Australia's consensus statement on depression screening

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-174

  Thombs, Brett D ^a,b   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84892553704     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.12.005     Document Type: Letter

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