[CME: Depression in Primary Care]

CME: Depression in Primary Care Abstract. Depressions belong to the most common illnesses at all and to the five most common illnesses in the primary care. The primary care is the first point of contact for depressive patients and therefore has a key role in the early detection and initial treatment of depressive patients. A depressive disorder presents frequently with diffuse, unspecific and mostly somatic complaints. In the primary care only about half of the depressive disorders are detected. An undetected and untreated depression can have fatal consequences for the patients. Once detected, a depressive disorder is treatable. A very important screening test for the early detection of a depression is the two-question-test (sensitivity 96 %, specificity 57 %).