Care Managers for Perinatal Depression
May 2, 2013 | Story
Lancaster General Health added depression care managers to the team of perinatal providers in order to ensure attention is paid to this disorder.
Depression
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Stigma and Depression Treatment Utilization Among Latinos
May 5, 2011 | Journal Article
Stigma around depression affects Latino's interest in seeking treatment.
Depression in Primary Care: Linking Clinical and System Strategies
September 16, 2010 | Program Result
Depression in Primary Care: Linking Clinical and System Strategies aimed to spur health care organizations to use a chronic care model to recognize and treat depression, and to develop financial and other incentives to support the use of the model.
Addressing Stigma of Depression in Latino Primary Care Patients
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The authors of this study created a checklist that evaluates the social stigma of depression among Latino patients the study occurred at two large outpatient primary care clinics in Los Angeles.
Depression Care in the United States
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The lowest rates of treatment—pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy—were found among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Mexican Americans with depression.
Predicting Future Risk of Depressive Episode in Adolescents
November 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study created the Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment, designed to help primary care physicians foresee depression in teens one year in advance, enabling appropriate intervention with kids even mildly at risk and potentially heading off development of the disorder.
Antidepressant Use in Black and White Populations in the United States
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study to estimate the prevalence of antidepressant use by Black and White Americans found that Black patients are significantly less likely to use antidepressants than White patients.
Randomised Trial of Monitoring, Feedback, and Management of Care by Telephone to Improve Treatment of Depression in Primary Care
February 26, 2000 | Journal Article
The effectiveness of two programs to improve the treatment of acute depression in primary care.
Depressed Patients Can Thrive Under Managed Care, Study Finds
August 16, 2004 | Program Result
The RAND Corporation used data from a previously published study of depressed patients to explore how the physician-patient relationship involving depressed patients varies under different managed care arrangements.
Assessing Depression Treatment Guidelines at Two Federal Facilities
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1999, staff a Silver Spring, Md.-based health care consulting firm organized a conference to select performance measures for treatment of depression to be used by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense.