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Implementation of community screening strategies for depression

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Community screening could be used for the monitoring, early detection and prevention of for depression, and to maximize the effects of the policies to reduce its burden.

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The present work is partially funded by CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health (grant ESP21PI05). This article represents independent research part funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. I.B. is part supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. J.A.B. is a member of the Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS) and the Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (redIAPP).

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  1. CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

    Jorge Arias de la Torre, Gemma Vilagut, Antonio J. Molina, Vicente Martín & Jordi Alonso

  2. Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, Leon, Spain

    Jorge Arias de la Torre, Antonio J. Molina & Vicente Martín

  3. Care in Long Term Conditions Research Division, King’s College London, London, UK

    Jorge Arias de la Torre

  4. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, London, UK

    Amy Ronaldson, Alex Dregan & Ioannis Bakolis

  5. Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain

    Gemma Vilagut & Jordi Alonso

  6. CAUSALab, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Gonzalo Martínez-Alés

  7. Mental Health Network Biomedical Research Center (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain

    Gonzalo Martínez-Alés

  8. Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain

    Gonzalo Martínez-Alés

  9. Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Jose M. Valderas

  10. Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

    Jose M. Valderas

  11. Centre for Research in Health Systems Performance (CRiHSP) National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

    Jose M. Valderas

  12. Biomedical Research Institute of Málaga (IBIMA-Bionand platform), Malaga, Spain

    Juan Ángel Bellón

  13. El Palo Health Centre, Andalusian Health Service (SAS), Malaga, Spain

    Juan Ángel Bellón

  14. Department of Public Health and Psychiatry, University of Málaga (UMA), Malaga, Spain

    Juan Ángel Bellón

  15. Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Alonso

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Arias de la Torre, J., Ronaldson, A., Vilagut, G. et al. Implementation of community screening strategies for depression. Nat Med 30, 930–932 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02821-1

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