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Why Screen For Mental Disorders? Approximately 20% of medical patients suffer from mental disorders. A recent study showed that 5–9% of patients in primary care settings suffer from depression alone, and up to 50% of these cases go undetected and untreated. Patients with mental disorders: Suffer needlessly Have poorer medical outcomes Contribute to rising healthcare costs Cost employers $17 billion in lost workdays each year Because psychiatric symptoms resemble those of many organic illnesses, physicians often spend valuable time trying to rule out medical causes that do not exist.   Related Articles U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Now Finds Sufficient Evidence to Recommend Screening Adults for Depression   Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality   Cost of Lost Productive Work Time Among US Workers with Depression   Journal of the American Medical Association   Business Learns Wisdom of Treating Employees With Psychiatric Disability   Journal of the American Medical Association

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