The
Impact of Depression (cont.) |
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PCPs are the health care providers who see
and treat the majority of depression in patients
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They
must play a key role in screening for this
disabling disease
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In
2002, the US Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) issued a new recommendation that
PCPs routinely screen ALL their adult patients
for depression
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