Depression Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Across the Lifespan

Elizabeth W Cozine; John M Wilkinson

doi:10.1016/j.pop.2016.02.004

Depression Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Across the Lifespan

Prim Care. 2016 Jun;43(2):229-43. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2016.02.004.

Authors

Elizabeth W Cozine¹, John M Wilkinson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
² Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: wilkinson.john@mayo.edu.

PMID: 27262004
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2016.02.004

Abstract

This article focuses on six basic components of more effective depression care, emphasizing systems of team-based and collaborative care for diagnosis, monitoring, and follow-up. It also emphasizes the principles of stepped care and proactive and timely intensification of treatment, and discusses various augmentation strategies that all primary care providers could more readily employ.

Keywords: Augmentation; Collaborative care; Depression; Diagnosis; Screening; Treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aging
Alcoholism / complications
Antidepressive Agents / administration & dosage
Antidepressive Agents / adverse effects
Depression / complications
Depression / diagnosis*
Depression / therapy*
Depression, Postpartum / diagnosis
Depression, Postpartum / therapy
Female
Humans
Mass Screening
Motivational Interviewing / methods
Patient Care Team / organization & administration
Patient Participation
Power, Psychological
Pregnant People / psychology
Primary Health Care / organization & administration*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tobacco Use Disorder / complications

Substances

Antidepressive Agents