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The Importance of Efficient Depression Management in Primary Care

Christos G. Theleritis, MD; Thomas J. Paparrigopoulos, MD; George N. Papadimitriou, MD

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  • From Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece.

    Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: None disclosed.

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TO THE EDITOR:
In their recent article, Hepner and colleagues (1) mention that depression rarely leads to death. This is astonishing, because patients with major depression have an increased overall relative risk for death (1.81 [95% CI, 1.58 to 2.07]) compared with people without depression (2). Even for subclinical depression, this risk is no smaller than the relative risk associated with clinical depression (2). A large part of the increased mortality in depression is due to the risk for suicide (4 to 16 times higher than that in persons without depression) (3).
In this context, we consider...
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Theleritis CG, Paparrigopoulos TJ, Papadimitriou GN. The Importance of Efficient Depression Management in Primary Care. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:562. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-7-200804010-00018

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(7):562.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-7-200804010-00018

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