Research ArticleOriginal Research

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

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