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Depression clinical resources

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Depression
Clinical practice guidelines
	Primary Care Diagnosis and Management of Adults with Depression (177KB PDF) Guidelines and recommendations for recognizing depressive symptoms and risk for suicide, and when to refer to a behavioral health specialist Updated 04/2012
	Guidelines for Behavioral Health Specialists on Depressive Disorders (99KB PDF) Updated 04/2011
Practice management
	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
	Behavioral Health/PCP Coordination of Care form (408KB PDF) Updated 11/2006
Patient education
	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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