About this resource:
Systematic Review
Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Last Reviewed: February 2008
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends depression care management in primary care clinics for older adults with major depression or chronic low levels of depression. Clinic-based depression care management involves:
- Active screening for depression
- Measurement-based outcomes
- Trained depression care managers providing case management
- Primary care provider and patient education
- Antidepressant treatment and psychotherapy
- A supervising psychiatrist
CPSTF found that clinic-based depression management improves short-term depression outcomes.
Objectives related to this resource (2)
Little or no detectable change
Suggested Citation
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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2008). Mental Health: Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults- Clinic-Based Depression Care Management. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/mental-health-interventions-reduce-depression-among-older-adults-clinic