Two questions can help detect depression

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7424.0-d

BMJ 2003;327 (15 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7424.0-d

Two questions can help detect depression

Asking patients two short and simple questions about depressedmood is sufficient to detect depression. Arroll and colleagues(p 1144) examined 421 patients from primary care in New Zealand.They found that two simple screening questions detected 97%of the 28 cases of major depression—but 157 people cameout as depressed on the questions. Therefore, additional questionsare usually required to confirm the diagnosis.

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