In this issue, we feature an essay1 and 2 editorials2, 3 that debate the appropriate balance
between investing in developing new technologies vs devoting resources toward improving …

287 income, an editorial by Kost makes a strong case that admitting students from
community colleges could help medical schools to do a better job of meeting their societal …

Some interesting threads have been weaving through the Annals TRACK online discussion
since the last issue. The study of community-based participatory research (CBPR) in practice …

Depression is one of the most common and disabling conditions on the planet and despite
the availability of efficacious drugs and psychotherapy there is little evidence that the burden …

As a physician recovering from depression, I support the views of Kay Bauman, MD, in her
discussion of the medical profession's view of mental illness and suicide in colleagues.[1] I …

IN THIS ISSUE of the ARCHIVES, 2 very different articles add to the growing literature on the
diagnosis and management of depression in primary care practice. The article by Klinkman …

published in Annals of Family Medicine could potentially affect the care of 1 million
depressed patients over the subsequent year. In addition, such an article affects the faculty …

Primary care clinicians know depression well, yet diagnostic and treatment failures are
common. In answer to the pressing need to do better, the elegant study by Dobscha and …

To the Editor: The article titled “Depression Treatment in Primary Care” by Robinson et al1 is
very well written and comprehensively scores the need to reassess the type of therapy …

ObjectiveTo encourage treatment of depression and prevention of suicide in physicians by
calling for a shift in professional attitudes and institutional policies to support physicians …