General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 190-198 , May 2004

Use of brief depression screening tools in primary care: consideration of heterogeneity in performance in different patient groups

  • Verena Henkel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Nußbaumstr. 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-89-5160-5558; fax: +49-89-5160-5542.
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  • Roland Mergl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Nußbaumstr. 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Ralf Kohnen

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Research Management and Biometrics (IMEREM), Scheurlstr. 21, D-90478 Nuremberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Antje-Kathrin Allgaier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Nußbaumstr. 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Nußbaumstr. 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrich Hegerl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Nußbaumstr. 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany

Received 8 December 2003 ,Accepted 11 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.02.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 190-198 , May 2004

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