Arias de la Torre, JorgeVilagut Saiz, GemmaRonaldson, AmySerrano Blanco, AntoniAlonso, Jordi2023-02-072023-02-072021-112468-2667https://hdl.handle.net/2445/193233We thank Brooke Levis and colleaguesfor their interest in our work and for suggesting that we might have overestimated the prevalence of depression by using the eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) in our study. Although we acknowledged the limitations associated with the use of the PHQ-8, we believe that further discussion is required.It should be noted that a study of this size, with a representative sample of 27 countries and 258 888 participants, would not be feasible using clinical interviews, and the use of an instrument such as the PHQ-8 is considered more appropriate.1 p.application/pdfengcc by-nc-nd (c) Arias de la Torre, Jorge et al, 2021http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Depressió psíquicaEscales d'avaluació psiquiàtricaEuropaPaïsos desenvolupatsDisparitats regionalsMental depressionPsychiatric rating scalesEuropeDeveloped countriesRegional disparitiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7292092023-02-07info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess34756167