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Effective management of depression in primary care: a review of the literature

Bruce Arroll, Fiona Moir and Tony Kendrick
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (2): bjgpopen17X101025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101025
Bruce Arroll
1 Elaine Gurr Chair of General Practice and Primary Health Care, and Director of the Goodfellow Unit, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, , New Zealand
MCCM (NZ), PhD, FAFPHM (RACP), RNZCGP, FNZCPHM
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  • For correspondence: bruce.arroll@auckland.ac.nz
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2 Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, , New Zealand
PhD, MRCGP
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Tony Kendrick
3 Professor of Primary Care, Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, , UK
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vol. 1 no. 2 bjgpopen17X101025
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https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101025

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  • Received September 29, 2016
  • Accepted March 3, 2017
  • Published online July 11, 2017.

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  1. Bruce Arroll, MCCM (NZ), PhD, FAFPHM (RACP), RNZCGP, FNZCPHM1,*,
  2. Fiona Moir, PhD, MRCGP2 and
  3. Tony Kendrick, BSc, MD, FRCGP, FRCPsych (Hon)3
  1. 1 Elaine Gurr Chair of General Practice and Primary Health Care, and Director of the Goodfellow Unit, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, Auckland , New Zealand
  2. 2 Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, Auckland , New Zealand
  3. 3 Professor of Primary Care, Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton , UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    bruce.arroll{at}auckland.ac.nz
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