title: [Antidepressants: clinical guidance of treatment for people with depression and physical health problems].
abstract: Current management in primary care of depression with comorbid physical illness is considered suboptimal. Detection and management of depression is somewhat complex. In particular, primary care clinicians need guidance to address the social needs of depressed patients. This review for clinical physicians provides guidance how to treat those patients with depression in particular at primary care settings. The viewpoints of clinical use of newer antidepressants including SSRIs and SNRIs are described. Given that depression would affect the outcome of physical illness, managing depressed people with comorbid physical illness is very important and understanding relevant drug treatment for depression is essential for primary care physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinkai
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents