Brooke Levis

Aug 8, 2023 | mentalhealth.bmj.com | Felix R. Fischer |Dario Zocholl |Geraldine Rauch |Brooke Levis

depression & mood disorders Arias de la Torre et al argue in ‘Population health surveys and screening tools for depressive disorders: aims and uses’ that population-based studies like the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) are primarily intended to identify and compare vulnerable groups and factors associated with depression on a population level, not to estimate prevalence of major depressive disorders (MDD).1 We fully agree that the use of brief depression questionnaires in such...