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Editorial

Primary care doctors should not screen their patients for depression

Brett D. ThombsLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Canada;Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Canada;Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Canada;Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Canada;Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada;Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Roy C. ZiegelsteinDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USAView further author information
Pages 645-647 | Received 16 Mar 2017, Accepted 03 May 2017, Published online: 12 May 2017

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