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Depression Screening Rates and Symptom Severity by Alcohol Use Among Primary Care Adult Patients

Matthew E. Hirschtritt, Andrea H. Kline-Simon, Kurt Kroenke and Stacy A. Sterling
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2018, 31 (5) 724-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.05.180092
Matthew E. Hirschtritt
From Department of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MEH); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (AHK-S, SAS); Indiana University School of Medicine, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (KK).
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Andrea H. Kline-Simon
From Department of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MEH); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (AHK-S, SAS); Indiana University School of Medicine, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (KK).
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Kurt Kroenke
From Department of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MEH); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (AHK-S, SAS); Indiana University School of Medicine, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (KK).
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Stacy A. Sterling
From Department of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MEH); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (AHK-S, SAS); Indiana University School of Medicine, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (KK).
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