Elder Care Depression Team Video
After experiencing symptoms of depression, Mindy found relief in the Elder Care Depression Team Program.
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Commonly Prescribed Psychotropic Medications
A summary of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications used in primary care.
Implementing collaborative care to reduce depression for rural native American/Alaska native people
Collaborative care proven equally effective for rural American Indian and Alaska native people. Read the article here.
Decrease in Statewide Antipsychotic Prescribing after Implementation of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consultation Services
This observational study found that antipsychotic prescribing fell significatly across Washington State following the implementation of child and adolescent psychiatry consultation services.
Time to Remission for Depression with Collaborative Care Management (CCM) in Primary Care
Collaborative care management was shown to improve the time to remission and shorten the duration of depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed with depression.
Clinician burnout and satisfaction with resources in caring for complex patients
Researchers evaluated clinician burnout and satisfaction in care for complex patients in the Care of Mental, Physical and Substance-Use Syndromes (COMPASS) initiative.
Understanding the experience of care managers and relationship with patient outcomes: the COMPASS initiative.
Care Managers in the Care of Mental, Physical and Substance-Use Syndromes (COMPASS) Initiative were surveyed to determine how the way they implemented COMPASS related to patient outcomes.
Measurement-Based Care Versus Standard Care for Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Blind Raters
The authors compared treatment of depression using measurement-based care to usual depression treatment. The study found that significantly more patients who received treatment with a measurement-based approach had higher response rates and acheived remission more quickly than those who received usual care.
Remission Time for Depression with Collaborative Care Management (CCM) in Primary Care
A retrospective cohort study determined the difference in remission time for depression patients being treated with usual care versus Collaborative Care.
Collaborative Care for Adolescents with Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial
In this randomized clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of Collaborative Care for adolescent depression in primary care, adolescents (aged 13-17 years old) were randomized to receive either 12 months of usual care or the Reaching Out to Adolescents in Distress (ROAD) intervention, an adapted collaborative care intervention. Results indicated that adolescents in the intervention group had greater improvements in depressive symptoms than the controls, suggesting that Collaborative Care can be effectively used in primary care to treat adolescent depression.