Hirschtritt ME, et al. - Using cross-sectional data, researchers analyzed the rate of depression screening by alcohol use severity among primary care patients screened for hazardous alcohol use, and investigated patterns of significant depressive symptoms. In this cohort, only a small fraction of patients was screened for depression. The findings suggested that non-white patients with higher Charlson comorbidity scores were more likely to endorse significant depressive symptoms but less likely to be screened. According to these discrepancies between depression-screening rates and significant depressive symptoms, screening for depression should be enhanced in these at-risk groups.