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

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

Taeho Greg Rhee  1   2   3 , Samuel T Wilkinson  2 , David C Steffens  4 , Robert A Rosenheck  2   3 , Mark Olfson  5
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Prevalence of Treatment for Depression Among US Adults Who Screen Positive for Depression, 2007-2016

Taeho Greg Rhee et al. JAMA Psychiatry. .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rhee reported receiving grants from the National Institute on Aging outside the submitted work. Dr Wilkinson reported receiving grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and National Institute of Mental Health; personal fees, and contract funding for the conduct of clinical trials administered through Yale University from Janssen Research & Development, LLC; contract research funding from Sage Therapeutics and Oui Therapeutics, LLC; and support from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Foundation outside the submitted work. Dr Steffens reported receiving consulting fees from Janssen Research & Development, LLC, outside the submitted work. Dr Olfson reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Treatment Patterns by Year Among US Adults Who Screened Positive for Depression
Data are from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Whiskers represent 95% CIs. The proportion of patients receiving any treatment for depression increased from 43.5% in 2007-2008 to 52.9% in 2015-2016 (odds ratio for time trends, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.01-2.19 after controlling for age, sex, and race/ethnicity).
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