Unexamined assumptions and unintended consequences of routine screening for depression
J Psychosom Res
.
2018 Jun:109:9-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.03.007.
Epub 2018 Mar 18.
Authors
Lisa Cosgrove
1
,
Justin M Karter
2
,
Akansha Vaswani
1
,
Brett D Thombs
3
Affiliations
1
University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Counselling and School Psychology, Boston, MA, USA.
2
University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Counselling and School Psychology, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:
[email protected]
.
3
Departments of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
PMID:
29773154
DOI:
10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.03.007
No abstract available
Keywords:
Depression; Over-diagnosis; Overtreatment; Screening.
Publication types
Editorial