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Targeting depression interviewing

An exercise in diagnostic reasoning

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  1. Received from the Ambulatory Care, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

    Michelle V. Conde MD, John W. Williams Jr. MD, MHS & Cynthia D. Mulrow MD, MSc

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From Research to Practice, a Journal series, presents articles to heighten the clinician’s awareness of research and methodology issues that have direct relevance to practice. If you wish to submit a manuscript for consideration for this series, please contact Cynthia D. Mulrow, MD, MSc, Associate Editor, at mulrowc@uthscsa.edu, or contact the Journal of General Internal Medicine at (215) 823-4471 to receive the appropriate guidelines.

Supported by a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Award.

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Conde, M.V., Williams, J.W. & Mulrow, C.D. Targeting depression interviewing. J GEN INTERN MED 13, 262–265 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00077.x

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