title: Treatment for depression following the 1996 National Depression Screening Day.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Characteristics of the subsequent treatment received by people who screened positive for depression in the 1996 National Depression Screening Day were investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  A follow-up telephone survey was completed by 1,502 randomly selected participants from 2,800 sites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 927 people for whom additional evaluation was recommended, 602 (64.9%) obtained evaluations and 503 (83.6%) received treatment. Of these 503, 260 (51.7%) received psychotherapy and medication, 130 (25.8%) received medication only, and 93 (18.5%) received psychotherapy only. Compared with people without health or mental health insurance, individuals with health insurance (66.7% versus 57.5%) and mental health insurance (74.6% versus 55.3%) were more likely to comply with the recommendation to obtain follow-up evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One-half of the people treated for depression received a combination of psychotherapy and medication. Lack of insurance was associated with not following the recommendation to obtain further evaluation and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Consolidated Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. shelly_greenfield@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reizes
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Muenz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kopans
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kozloff
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002170:Canada; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents