Our objective in this study was to summarize the relevant knowledge on depression in
palliative care and to provide a framework for clinical, scientific and educational efforts at …

We describe the functioning and well-being of patients with depression, relative to patients
with chronic medical conditions or no chronic conditions. Data are from 11 242 outpatients in …

Objective. To examine the changes in identification of pediatric psychosocial problems from
1979 to 1996. Research Design. Comparison of clinician-identified psychosocial problems …

• Despite extensive documentation of high rates of psychiatric morbidity among primary care
patients, there have been, to our knowledge, no US studies following up these patients over …

• A substantial amount of ambulatory mental health services are received outside of the
specialty mental health sector; however, precise estimates are lacking. To determine …

• The division of responsibility between general medical staff and mental health specialists
for care of persons with medical record diagnoses of mental disorders is documented in four …

This paper reviews restraints on the provision of mental health services in primary health
care under the broad categories of physician profile, patient behavior, the nature of …

New research directions should be pursued during the coming years if mental illness is to be
properly managed in primary medical care practice. Among needed studies are those …

This study investigates health and mental health services use by adults with and without
newly incident mental disorders and uses prospectively gathered data from the …

Background Depression is more prevalent in subjects with dementia than in those without it.
Due to both psychological and biological risk factors it is suggested that a bimodal …