Depression

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DEPRESSION
Clinical practice guidelines
	Management of adults with major depression (43KB PDF) Guidelines and recommendations for being alert to depressive symptoms and risk for suicide, and when to refer to a behavioral health specialist Updated 08/2008
	Guidelines for Behavioral Health Specialists on Depressive Disorders (99KB PDF) Guidelines for BH providers of patients with depressive disorders Added 04/2009
Practice management tools
	Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) (40KB PDF) Use this tool to assist in determining the diagnosis of depression in adolescents. Updated 07/2005
	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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