Does drug and alcohol use undermine concordance between doctors' assessments of major depression and patients' scores on a screening tool for depression among gay men attending general practice?

doi:10.1071/PY11011

Does drug and alcohol use undermine concordance between doctors’ assessments of major depression and patients’ scores on a screening tool for depression among gay men attending general practice?

Joanne Bryant ^A ^F , Christy E. Newman ^A , Martin Holt ^A , Dana M. Paquette ^A , Rebecca Gray ^A , Peter G. Canavan ^B , Deborah C. Saltman ^C , Susan C. Kippax ^D and Michael R. Kidd ^E

^A National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
^B National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, PO Box 917, Sydney, NSW 2042, Australia.
^C Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.
^D Social Policy Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
^E Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, PO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
^F Corresponding author. Email: j.bryant@unsw.edu.au

Australian Journal of Primary Health 18(2) 116-122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11011
Submitted: 1 February 2011 Accepted: 20 June 2011 Published: 7 November 2011