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Caring for Depression (A RAND Corporation Study)
Caring for Depression - A RAND Corporation Study Author:Lisa S. Meredith, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Roland Sturm, Kenneth B. Wells Although depression is a major illness affecting millions of people, it is seriously undertreated in the United States. The ongoing shift of mental-health care away from specialists and toward primary medical-care providers is causing fewer depressed patients to be appropriately diagnosed and treated. The authors urge the integration of both med... more »ical and economic considerations in designing policies for the treatment of depression.« less