Recommendations on screening for depression in adults.

What it found

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Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 21 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025
   Guideline
2. Recommendation on screening adults for depression using a screening tool.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025
   Guideline
3. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults: Réseau canadien pour les traitements de l'humeur et de l'anxiété (CANMAT) 2023 : Mise à jour des lignes directrices cliniques pour la prise en charge du trouble dépressif majeur chez les adultes.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2024
   Guideline
4. Depression prevalence of the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 was compared to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM using individual participant data meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024
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5. Individual participant data meta-analysis to compare EPDS accuracy to detect major depression with and without the self-harm item.Scientific reports · 2023
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6. Perinatal depression screening: a systematic review of recommendations from member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Archives of women's mental health · 2022
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7. Screening for depression among the general adult population and in women during pregnancy or the first-year postpartum: two systematic reviews to inform a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.Systematic reviews · 2022
   Guideline
8. Screening programs for common maternal mental health disorders among perinatal women: report of the systematic review of evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2022
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9. Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening to detect major depression: updated systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021
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10. Accuracy of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Depression subscale (HADS-D) to screen for major depression: systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021
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11. Accuracy of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for screening to detect major depression among pregnant and postpartum women: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020
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12. Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA · 2020
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13. The Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Algorithm for Screening to Detect Major Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2020
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14. Diagnostic accuracy and feasibility of depression screening in spinal cord injury: A systematic review.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2019
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15. Accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression: individual participant data meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019
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16. Depression Screening and Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2017
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17. Accuracy of Depression Screening Tools to Detect Major Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2016
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18. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 1. Disease Burden and Principles of Care.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2016
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19. Sample sizes and precision of estimates of sensitivity and specificity from primary studies on the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening tools: a survey of recently published studies.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2016
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20. Diagnostic accuracy of the Whooley questions for the identification of depression: a diagnostic meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2015
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37 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

Corrections and comments

• Commented on by
  Why screening for depression in primary care is impractical.2013
• Erratum issued

Authors and funding

9 authors.

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