Diagnosing and treating depression in primary care patients: Looking beyond physical complaints

Fabricio J. Alarcon, MD
Fabricio J. Alarcon
Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic.
MD
J. Harry Isaacson, MD
J. Harry Isaacson
Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic.
MD
and Kathleen Franco-Bronson, MD
Kathleen Franco-Bronson
Director of psychiatry residency training, head of consultation and liaison psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic.
MD

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
May 1998,
65
(5)
251-260;

ABSTRACT

Depression is common, but often overlooked because patients with depression often present with somatic complaints rather than psychological ones. Primary care physicians must learn to recognize depression and be thoroughly familiar with its treatment, because this disease is common and serious.

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Diagnosing and treating depression in primary care patients: Looking beyond physical complaints

Fabricio J. Alarcon

Fabricio J. Alarcon

J. Harry Isaacson

J. Harry Isaacson

and Kathleen Franco-Bronson

Kathleen Franco-Bronson

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

May 1998,

65

(5)

251-260;

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Diagnosing and treating depression in primary care patients: Looking beyond physical complaints

Fabricio J. Alarcon

Fabricio J. Alarcon

J. Harry Isaacson

J. Harry Isaacson

and Kathleen Franco-Bronson

Kathleen Franco-Bronson

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

May 1998,

65

(5)

251-260;

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