Doctors Often Fail to Treat Depression Like a Chronic Illness | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

Doctors Often Fail to Treat Depression Like a Chronic Illness

Posted on March 7, 2016

Eight million doctor appointments are made each year because of depression. More than half are with primary care physicians, but those doctors often fall short in treating depression because of insurance issues, time constraints and other factors.

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