Posted by Neal on February 23, 2009, at 23:44:16
Anybody aware of this?
from a recent article:
-"Part of the difficulty, Dr. Miles and his colleagues say, is that doctors are, in general, unskilled both in recognizing the symptoms of depression and in treating the illness.
-The findings of a national survey published in June indicated that only 40 percent of Americans in treatment for depression received adequate care.
-Other studies have found that doctors fail to identify depression in their patients 40 to 60 percent of the time."
the second item is just shocking. If it was, say, heart disease, it would be a national scandal, wouldn't it?
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