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The Management of Adolescent Depression in Primary Care

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:755-756.

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The article by Zuckerbrot and Jensen¹ is both timely and thought-provoking. It is timely because all of us, both pediatricians and psychiatrists, are struggling to figure out how best to treat adolescent depression in light of the Food and Drug Administration "black box" warning and overall concerns about antidepressants. It is thought-provoking because this article explicitly conveys high expectations for the role of the pediatrician in the identification and management of depression and implicitly leads us to consider how primary care resources should best be allocated to ensure optimal psychosocial development for our pediatric patients.

The authors pose 3 questions. What do we know about screening for depression in pediatric primary care? Does screening make any difference in physician behavior or patient outcome? What is being done now as far as screening for depression in pediatric primary care?

The few studies examining screening for depression in primary care used either . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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David A. Brent, MD

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