Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Barriers to depression screening in primary care include patients underreporting symptoms and stigma concerns, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Annual depression screening was cost effective and yielded the most depression-free days gained. Screening is ...

Depression often goes undiagnosed in long-term care settings, but implementing nurse-led screening protocols can help older adults receive a diagnosis and access treatment, according to study results ...

Held annually during Mental Illness Awareness Week in October, National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) is comprised of awareness events that include an optional screening component. National ...

Text-based AI depression screening may be easier and quicker than questionnaires. A new study highlights how artificial intelligence could improve mental health monitoring among older adults.

Hazardous alcohol use and depression often go hand-in-hand. Yet when a patient is screened by their doctor for hazardous alcohol use, rarely are they also screened for depression. A new study has ...

In a new guideline, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) “strongly” recommended against screening all adults with a standardized tool for depression, stating instead that ...

Pregnant women and new mothers need more attention when it comes to screening for depression, according to recommendations issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. That came as part ...

This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated 10-year-old guidelines for primary-care doctors to screen all children 10 through 21 for depression once a year. Here are seven questions to ...

Paige Bellenbaum sat on a New York City park bench several years ago with her baby son, Max, when she saw another new mom staring adoringly at her own baby. “And she looked at me and said, ‘Isn’t it ...

A Lancet study reveals that universal depression screening in India’s primary care could enhance health outcomes and save billions.

Groups at risk for underrecognition and undertreatment of depression had improved rates of depression screening after implementing routine adult depressions screening in primary care. Routine ...