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Ohtsuki et al. BMC Research Notes 2012, 5:441 /1756-0500/5/441 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Attitudes toward depression among Japanese non-psychiatric medical doctors: a cross-sectional study 1 1 2 3 4 5 Tsuyuka Ohtsuki , Manami Kodaka , Rumi Sakai , Fuminobu Ishikura , Yoichiro Watanabe , Anthony Mann , Mark Haddad6, Mitsuhiko Yamada7 and Masatoshi Inagaki1,7,8* Abstract Background: Under-recognition of depression is common in many countries. Education of medical staff, focusing on their attitudes towards depression, may be necessary to change their behavior and enhance recognition of depression. Several studies have previously reported on attitudes toward depression among general physicians. However, little is known about attitudes of non-psychiatric doctors in Japan. In the present study, we surveyed non- psychiatric doctors’ attitude toward depression. Methods: The inclusion criteria of participants in the present study were as follows: 1) Japanese non-psychiatric doctors and 2) attendees in educational opportunities regarding depression care. We conveniently approached two populations: 1) a workshop to depression care for non-psychiatric doctors and 2) a general physician-psychiatrist (G- P) network group. We contacted 367 subjects. Attitudes toward depression were measured using the Depression Attitude Questionnaire (DAQ), a 20-item self-report questionnaire developed for general physicians. We report scores of each DAQ item and factors derived from exploratory factor analysis. Results: We received responses from 230 subjects, and we used DAQ data from 187 non-psychiatric doctors who met the inclusion criteria. All non-psychiatric doctors (n = 187) disagreed with I feel comfortable