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Prevalence of Depression Symptoms in Outpatients with a Complaint of Headache
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 11/09/09

Marlow RA et al. – Almost one–third of adult patients who present to a primary care office with a complaint of headache report moderate symptoms of depression when screened compared with approximately 10% of patients presenting with a complaint other than headache. Given such a high prevalence of these symptoms, primary care physicians should screen all adult patients who present with headache for depression.

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