Depressive Symptoms Among Adults Visiting an Indian Health Service Primary Care Clinic

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ID4659699
AuthorsWilson (0000-0003-4713-7760), Wilson Wilson, Charlton Wilson (Indian Health Service, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume6
Issue2
Pages1-12
Publication date1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0893-5394 • E-ISSN: 1533-7731
PublisherCenters for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5820/aian.0602.1995.1
PMID7734607
OpenAlexW2240488808
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Depression is common among patients visiting primary care clinics. In order to describe the prevalence of depressive syndromes in an American Indian primary care clinic population and to help define the clinical correlates of depressive syndromes in this setting, a clinic-based research study of depression was undertaken by the Indian Health Service (IHS). One hundred and six patients from an IHS primary care clinic were systematically enlisted for participation in the study. Participants completed the Inventory for Diagnosing Depression (IDD). Twenty-two (20.7%) responded with answers scoring positive for a depressive syndrome. Nine of these 22 (8.9% of the 106 participants) met IDD criteria for a major depressive syndrome. A diagnosis of depression, a past history of depression, use of mental health facilities, unexplained pains, and antidepressant medication use were associated with the presence of a depressive syndrome

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