Depression: moving on.
Care for patients who are (or may be) depressed is delivered in a range of practice settings. All nurses, midwives and health visitors, therefore, need to be alert to the signs of depression, in order that appropriate action can be taken--whether this is initiating self-help, using practical interventions or referring on, where necessary. This Learning Unit focuses particularly on the assessment and prevention of depression and is relevant whatever the setting in which you work.
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National Primary Care Facilitation Programme, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015984:Causality; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012017:Referral and Consultation