Compared to usual care, Collaborative Care is shown to increase the effectiveness of depression treatment and lower total healthcare costs. This handout outlines those differences using data from the IMPACT trial.
Updated 1/2/19
Audience: Behavioral Health Professional/Care Manager
AUDIT-C
The AUDIT-C is a 3-item alcohol screen that can help identify persons who are hazardous drinkers or have active alcohol use disorders (including alcohol dependence). The AUDIT-C is a modified version of the 10-question AUDIT instrument.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder subscale (GAD-7)
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) subscale of the Patient Health Questionnaire (GAD-7) is a quick and easy tool to help identify patients with anxiety and monitor treatment response. The GAD-7 is available free for clinical use in a variety of languages at the link below.
Why Schedule Activities Handout
This handout is given to a patient by a Behavioral Health Care Manager. It helps explain to the patient why scheduling daily activities is a key step to improve depression. There is also a version in Spanish.
Scheduling Activities Worksheet
This worksheet is given to the patient by the Behavioral Health Care Manager. It is a tool used to plan a week’s worth of daily activities to help relieve stress and depression in the patient.
PHQ-9 Visual Answer Aid (Spanish)
This answer aid is a visual representation of the PHQ-9 answer scale in Spanish. Behavioral Health Care Managers can use this resource alongside the PHQ-9 during screening to get a fuller understanding of how their patient is feeling.
Why Schedule Activities Handout (Spanish)
This handout is given to a patient by a Behavioral Health Care Manager. It is a way to explain to the patient why scheduling daily activities is a key step to improve depression. There is also a version in English.
Relapse Prevention Plan (Spanish)
Depression can occur multiple times during a person’s lifetime. The purpose of a relapse prevention plan is to help the patient understand their own personal warning signs. These warning signs are specific to each person and can help the patient identify when depression may be starting to return so they can get help sooner – before the symptoms get bad. The other purpose of a relapse prevention plan is to help remind the patient what has worked for him/her to feel better. The relapse prevention plan should be filled out by the Behavioral Health Care Manager and the patient together.
The English version of the Relapse Prevention Plan can be found here.
PHQ-9 Visual Answer Aid
This answer aid is a visual representation of the PHQ-9 answer scale. Behavioral Health Care Managers can use this resource alongside the PHQ-9 during screening to get a fuller understanding of how their patient is feeling.
Caseload Size Guidance for Behavioral Health Care Managers
These guidelines will help health care organizations estimate Behavioral Health Care Manager FTE and resources needed for Collaborative Care, based on the complexity of the program being implemented and the population served by the team. Also included in these guidelines are the typical caseload sizes in Collaborative Care studies and existing programs, such as IMPACT and the Mental Health Integration Program.