Rates of depression among men attending high-HIV-caseload general practices in Australia

Authors: Mao, Limin¹; Kippax, Susan C.¹; Newman, Christy E.¹; Andrews, Gavin²; Rogers, Gary³; Saltman, Deborah C.⁴; Kidd, Michael R.⁵

Source: Mental Health in Family Medicine, Volume 5, Number 2, June 2008 , pp. 79-83(5)

Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.

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Abstract:

This paper compares rates of current depression among men attending high-HIV-caseload general practices in New South Wales and South Australia. Current depression was assessed by the treating general practitioner (GP), using the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and by patient self-reporting. The study found that GPs, the PHQ-9 screening tool and patients were equally likely to identify current depression. High rates of depression were observed among the men attending general practices, with the highest rates among men with HIV and men who did not identify as either heterosexual or homosexual.

Keywords: DEPRESSION; HIV; MEN

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2: Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia 3: School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia 4: Institute of Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK 5: Discipline of General Practice, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Publication date: 2008-06-01

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