Mental Health: Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults- Clinic-Based Depression Care Management

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.