title: Listening to the voice of the patient.
abstract: Comments on the article by T. J. Waltz et al. (see record 2014-31795-001). The article used population based screening to identify patients with depressive illness. An important feature of this article is that it addresses the needs of the patient, not the organization of the care system. It points us to patient perspectives and choices more than practice or system level offerings. This article should remind us that patient satisfaction and patient preferences are every bit as important, if not more so, to achieving good clinical outcomes as selection of the proper treatment (Swift, Callahan, & Vollmer, 2011).
authors.affiliation: Veterans Health Administration.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pomerantz
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D057240:Patient Preference; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D058014:Veterans Health