Clinical practice guidelines for treating depression in primary care.
Clinical practice guidelines for depression offer the best available treatment options as evidenced by randomized controlled clinical studies. Although the use of evidence-based guidelines has been shown to improve treatment success, there are few data to suggest the extent to which they are used or their effect on treatment outcomes. Keeping guidelines current and increasing the probability of use in daily clinical practice are critical.
Beaudin
Christy L
CL
PacifiCare Behavioral Health, USA.
Burchuk
Robert
R
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014481:United States