Is co-morbid depression adequately treated in patients repeatedly referred to specialist medical services with symptoms of a medical condition?

Michael Sharpe; Christopher Burton; Aarti Sawhney; Kelly McGorm; David Weller

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.03.005

Is co-morbid depression adequately treated in patients repeatedly referred to specialist medical services with symptoms of a medical condition?

Michael Sharpe, Christopher Burton, Aarti Sawhney, Kelly McGorm, David Weller

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Abstract

Patients with a medical condition and co-morbid depression have more symptoms and use more medical services. We aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and the adequacy of its treatment in patients who had been repeatedly referred from primary to specialist medical care for the assessment of a medical condition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	419-421
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume	72
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.03.005
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

depression
referral
treatment

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