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From the Department of Health Sciences and Hull-York Medical School (Gilbody), University of York; Department of Health Sciences (Sheldon), University of York; Academic Unit of Psychiatry (House), University of Leeds, United Kingdom.


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  		Figure 1: Quality of Reporting of Meta-analysis (QUOROM) flow chart showing the number of studies screened and included in the meta-analysis.

 

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  		Figure 2: Effect of screening and case-finding instruments on the recognition of depression by clinicians, by method of patient selection.

 

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  		Table 1.

 

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  		Figure 3: Effect of screening and case-finding instruments on the management of depression by clinicians, by method of patient selection.

 

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  		Figure 4: Effect of screening and case-finding instruments on the outcome of depression at follow-up.