Prevalence of Treatment for Depression Among US Adults Who Screen Positive for Depression, 2007-2016

Taeho Greg Rhee; Samuel T Wilkinson; David C Steffens; Robert A Rosenheck; Mark Olfson

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1818

Prevalence of Treatment for Depression Among US Adults Who Screen Positive for Depression, 2007-2016

JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;77(11):1193-1195. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1818.

Authors

Taeho Greg Rhee^{1

2

3}, Samuel T Wilkinson², David C Steffens⁴, Robert A Rosenheck^{2

3}, Mark Olfson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington.
² Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ New England Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cohort study uses data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine changes in the prevalence of mental health treatment among US adults who screened positive for depression between 2007 and 2016.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Depression / diagnosis
Depression / epidemiology
Depression / therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Prevalence

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States