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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 5/2007

Open Access 01-05-2007 | Editorial

Failure to Recognize Depression in Primary Care: Issues and Challenges

Author: Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2007

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Depression is highly prevalent in the United States, affecting approximately 18.8 million adults, or about 9.5% of the U.S. population aged 18 years and older in a given year.1 Depression is particularly prevalent in primary care patients with prevalence rates of 10% or greater.2 Depression is a leading cause of disability, workplace absenteeism, diminished or lost productivity, and increased use of health care resources.3,4 Depression is associated with decreased quality of life5 and increased health care cost.6 There is also fairly consistent evidence that depression is associated with increased mortality across all age groups7‐9 and that both major and minor depression are associated with increased mortality.10 Thus, depression has major public health implications. …
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Metadata
Title
Failure to Recognize Depression in Primary Care: Issues and Challenges
Author
Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS
Publication date
01-05-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2007
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0170-z

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