Open AccessPrevalence and Correlates of Clinically Significant Depressive Symptoms in an Urban Hospital Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Matthew J. Mimiaga,
William M. Reichmann,
Steven A. Safren,
Elena Losina,
Christian Arbelaez,
Rochelle P. Walensky
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6699
pISSN - 1523-5998
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.09m00817gry
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , depression (economics) , psychosocial , referral , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , anxiety , family medicine , economics , macroeconomics
In hospital settings, depression is an underdetected, undertreated, but prevalent and interfering illness that is associated with significant disability, morbidity, and mortality. A general hospital emergency department (ED) setting may be well suited to identify individuals with clinically significant depressive symptoms, facilitating their referral and treatment.