Fabricio J. Alarcon, MD Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
J. Harry Isaacson, MD Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Kathleen Franco-Bronson, MD Director of psychiatry residency training, head of consultation and liaison psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic
Address: Kathleen Franco-Bronson, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, P57, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195
ABSTRACT
Depression is common, but often overlooked because patients with depression often present with somatic complaints rather than psychological ones. Primary care physicians must learn to recognize depression and be thoroughly familiar with its treatment, because this disease is common and serious.