%0 Journal Article
%T Cost-Effectiveness of Opportunistic Screening and Minimal Contact Psychotherapy to Prevent Depression in Primary Care Patients
%A Matthijs van den Berg
%A Filip Smit
%A Theo Vos
%A Pieter H. M. van Baal
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0022884
%X Depression causes a large burden of disease worldwide. Effective prevention has the potential to reduce that burden considerably. This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of minimal contact psychotherapy, based on Lewinsohn's ¡®Coping with depression¡¯ course, targeted at opportunistically screened individuals with sub-threshold depression.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022884