Rethinking recommendations for screening for depression in primary care

Brett D. Thombs; James C. Coyne; Pim Cuijpers; Peter de Jonge; Simon Gilbody; John P A Ioannidis; Blair T. Johnson; Scott B. Patten; Erick H. Turner; Roy C. Ziegelstein

doi:10.1503/cmaj.111035

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Screening for depression in primary care is an issue that is highly contentious and hotly debated, and recommendations have evolved over time. For example, early policy statements from the 1990s in Canada[1][1] and the United States[2][2] recommended against screening for depression in primary care[

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