Does Screening For Depression In Primary Care Improve Outcome?
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Since the 2002 introduction of routine screening for major depressive disorder (MDD) in primary care settings, improvements in patient outcomes achieved by collaborative depression care and single disease management approaches have been modest, leading some to question the value of routine screening.
Comorbid depression is common in patients with cardiac disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic infectious disease and is associated with treatment nonadherence, complications, and adverse outcomes. More recently, integrated measurement-based strategies for managing comorbid depression, diabetes, and/or cardiac disease …
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