TY - JOUR
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Personality Inventory
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Sick Role
KW - United States/epidemiology
AU - W. Katon
AU - H. Schulberg
A1 - 
AB - Major depressive disorder has been recently found to be associated with high medical utilization and more functional impairment than most chronic medical illnesses. Major depression is a common illness among persons in the community, in ambulatory medical clinics, and in inpatient medical care. Studies have estimated that major depression occurs in 2%-4% of persons in the community, in 5%-10% of primary care patients, and 10%-14% of medical inpatients. In each setting there are two to three times as many persons with depressive symptoms that fall short of major depression criteria. Recent studies have found that in one-third to one-half of patients with major depression, the symptoms persist over a 6-month to one-year period. The majority of longitudinal studies have determined that severity of initial depressive symptoms and the presence of a comorbid medical illness were predictors of persistence of depression.
BT - General hospital psychiatry
C5 - Key & Foundational
CP - 4
CY - UNITED STATES
IS - 4
JF - General hospital psychiatry
N2 - Major depressive disorder has been recently found to be associated with high medical utilization and more functional impairment than most chronic medical illnesses. Major depression is a common illness among persons in the community, in ambulatory medical clinics, and in inpatient medical care. Studies have estimated that major depression occurs in 2%-4% of persons in the community, in 5%-10% of primary care patients, and 10%-14% of medical inpatients. In each setting there are two to three times as many persons with depressive symptoms that fall short of major depression criteria. Recent studies have found that in one-third to one-half of patients with major depression, the symptoms persist over a 6-month to one-year period. The majority of longitudinal studies have determined that severity of initial depressive symptoms and the presence of a comorbid medical illness were predictors of persistence of depression.
PP - UNITED STATES
PY - 1992
SN - 0163-8343; 0163-8343
SP - 237
EP - 247
EP - 
T1 - Epidemiology of depression in primary care
T2 - General hospital psychiatry
TI - Epidemiology of depression in primary care
U1 - Key & Foundational
U2 - 1505745
VL - 14
VO - 0163-8343; 0163-8343
Y1 - 1992
ER -