Why the study?
Is there a difference in mortality rates between major and subthreshold depression?
Is there a difference in mortality rates between major and subthreshold depression?
Major and subthreshold depression have a comparable overall impact on excess mortality, despite a small difference in rates.
Subthreshold depression warrants equivalent mortality attention in practice; reinforces that severity differences have limited excess mortality impact.
Although excess mortality may be somewhat higher in major than in subthreshold depression, the difference is small and the overall impact on excess mortality is comparable.
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Cuijpers et al. (2013) studied this question.
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