Paging Dr. Facebook: How the social network could help doctors screen patients for depression
on Tue, 2018-10-16 10:19 Alyssa
More than half of Americans who suffer from depression never get any treatment, and in many cases that’s because their symptoms are never diagnosed. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advises primary care physicians to screen all of their patients for depression and make sure proper care gets to those who need it, but this is a big job and doctors could use some help.
Links:
[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2484345
[2] http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-facebook-depression-screening-20181015-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=66712516&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fXSG8f9uIXLT76dzChQHBwklPMjcxZ3L1vh34ynYXYU4t6X4ifx4Pt2Vy217sDsukfzTxdburUdKgM9AeEaoSoS2Fog&_hsmi=66712516