Depression In Primary Care Settings

Depression. Student’s Name: Student’s Number: Institution: Depression is one of the leading causes of disability among people of all ages from different ethnicities, races, nationalities and regions all over the world. Depression affects individuals, families, businesses and the society in general. The United States task force has, however, deciphered that screening improves the actual and accurate identification of adults suffering from depression in primary care settings, also pregnant and postpartum females (Melville, 2017). Screening is important because improves the efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy of clinical programs and treatments in adults, something that will reduce depression and its impacts in an individual. The task force states that to address the burden of depression, a health system requires reliable, simple and brief ways of administration are the best screening instruments for depression as per the decisions of physicians in primary care. Therefore, the body recommends the Child Adolescent Psychiatric Screening method for teenagers the ages of 12 and 18 and the 2-item Patient Healt...