Challenges and implications of routine depression screening for depression in chronic disease and multimorbidity: a cross sectional study.

Depression screening in chronic disease is advocated but its impact on routine practice is uncertain. We examine the effects of a programme of incentivised depression screening in chronic disease within a UK primary care setting.Cross sectional analysis of anonymised, routinely collected data (2008-...

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Main Authors: Bhautesh Dinesh Jani, David Purves, Sarah Barry, Jonathan Cavanagh, Gary McLean, Frances S Mair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772931?pdf=render