Abstract: The main objective of this review was to discuss the roles of family physicians in early diagnosis of depression, we intended also to review the most common causes of depression which receive treatment in primary care. A search was conducted of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central for English-language published d studies up to, September, 2017. Search strategy were concerned with those articles discussing the diagnosis of depression by family physicians in primary care setting. The recognition, as well as treatment of depression, is a challenging for family physicians in primary care where there are many patients with numerous discussions and a multitude of causes for distress. An analysis difficulty could be seen in the distinction of a depression with dominating somatic symptoms from stress and anxiety, somatoform problems, as well as clinical conditions. When somatic symptoms, specifically unpleasant physical problems, go along with the currently disabling psychological as well as behavioral signs and symptoms of depression, the program of the illness might be more serious. As the very first point of contact for patients, the family doctor is in a special position to detect as well as handle significant anxiety. An additional essential facet of assessing a person with major depression is performing a self-destruction threat analysis, which is defined in our following post in this three-part collection.
Keywords: Depression, dominating somatic symptoms, self-destruction.
Title: Early Detection of Depression by Family Doctors in Primary Care
Author: Saad Abdullah M Alshahrani, Ismail Mohammed Dhafer Alshahrani
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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