Secondary causes of depression

After reading a lot about neurometabolic disorders in depression, and cases of refractory patients that get better after an intervention like vitamin D or folate, I was wondering: 1) What are your go-to screening tests for depression? Is it worth it to quantify folate and B12 levels? What about testosterone on males or tests like DHEA suppresion? 2) I've read the CANMAT on supplements (Clinician guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with nutraceuticals and... Read more
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