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Potential Antidepressant Overtreatment Associated with Office Use of Brief Depression Symptom Measures

Anthony Jerant, Richard L. Kravitz, Erik Fernandez y Garcia, Mitchell D. Feldman, Camille Cipri, Denyse Nishio, Anca Knoepfler, M. Kaleo Wooddell, Victor Baquero and Peter Franks
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 611-620; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140038
Anthony Jerant
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Richard L. Kravitz
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Erik Fernandez y Garcia
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Mitchell D. Feldman
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Camille Cipri
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Denyse Nishio
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Anca Knoepfler
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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M. Kaleo Wooddell
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Victor Baquero
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF), the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (RLK), the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics (EFyG), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine (MDF), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; the University of California Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento (AJ, RLK, CC, PF); and the University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento (DN, AK, MKW, VB).
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Peter Franks
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2014, 27 (5) 611-620; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140038
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