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Clinical resources

 

 

Depression clinical resources

Use these tools to improve quality of care and educate your patients.

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Depression
Clinical practice guidelines
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 Primary Care Diagnosis and Management of Adults with Depression (217KB PDF)
Guidelines and recommendations for recognizing depressive symptoms and risk for suicide, and when to refer to a behavioral health specialist
Updated 04/2011
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 Guidelines for Behavioral Health Specialists on Depressive Disorders (99KB PDF)
Updated 04/2011
Practice management
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 PHQ-9 sample and coding assistance (137KB PDF)
Scores each of the nine DSM-IV criteria for depression from "0" to "3" (nearly every day), which gives you both a provisional depressive disorder diagnosis and a symptom severity score.
Updated 12/2005
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 Behavioral Health/PCP Coordination of Care form (408KB PDF)
Updated 11/2006
Patient education
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 PHQ-9, Depression Screening Tool (41KB PDF)
Patient can score each of the nine DSM-IV criteria for depression from "0" to "3" (nearly every day), which gives you both a provisional depressive disorder diagnosis and a symptom severity score. A score of 10 or above indicates major depression (sensitivity= 88%, specificity =88%).
Updated 12/2005

Depression links

More information about depression

The MacArthur Initiative on Depression
Helps PCPs recognize and manage depression


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