Early Depressive Symptoms Not Benign; Screening Helps Identify Need for Treatment
| Patients who screen positive for mild depression, but who remain
untreated, are at risk for developing major depression over time,
according to a new study in Psychiatric Services.
Researchers at Columbia University found that more than 62 percent of
patients who screened positive for mild depression through a mental
health screen at their primary care physician office, developed major
depression within 4 years. The findings received coverage in on-line health media. |
Revisions Announced for DSM, Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual
 The American Psychiatric Association’s proposed changes to the DSM -- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – are generating important dialogue, as physicians, researchers and health care professionals consider the impact of the manual’s first set of revisions in 10 years.
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