title: Treating depression in primary care practice. An application of decision analysis.
abstract: Decision analysis approaches complex treatment issues by considering alternative strategies in an explicit and logical manner, and examining their outcomes in the face of varied assumptions. Significant data gaps impede full application of this framework to the treatment of depressed primary care patients. Nevertheless, decision analysis already can be useful in emphasizing needed clinical information in treating these patients and highlighting future directions for research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schulberg
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Coulehan
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003663:Decision Trees; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education; D011320:Primary Health Care