In this journal, investigators compare 2 clinic-to-clinic interactive video approaches to delivering evidence-based mental health treatments to patients in primary care clinics to determine which is more effective.
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Access to mental health care in Michigan (CHRT)
Using data from the Cover Michigan Survey and the Michigan Primary Care Physician Survey, both fielded in calendar year 2012, this brief explores issues related to the prevalence of mental health disease, specifically depression and anxiety, and the capacity of the...
Collaborative Care for people with depression and anxiety (podcast)
Many people suffer from depression and anxiety. These problems can make people feel sad, scared and even suicidal, and can affect their work, their relationships and their quality of life. Depression and anxiety can occur because of personal, financial, social or...
County-level estimates of mental health professional shortage in the United States
Published in Psychiatric Services. This study examined shortages of mental health professionals at the county level across the United States. A goal was to motivate discussion of the data improvements and practice standards required to develop an adequate mental...
Collaborative Care for Depression and Anxiety Problems
Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Collaborative care is associated with significant improvement in depression and anxiety outcomes compared with usual care, and represents a useful addition to clinical pathways for adult patients with depression...
Large-Scale Dissemination of Collaborative Care and Implications for Psychiatry
The evidence is overwhelming that a collaborative care approach to common mental illnesses is superior to usual care. Why isn’t this model widely available? The authors of this column argue that the problem is not a lack of evidence or documentation of a better model,...
Psychiatric Case Review and Treatment Intensification in Collaborative Care Management for Depression in Primary Care
Published in Psychiatric Services. This study examined whether psychiatric case review was associated with depression medication modification in a large implementation program of collaborative care for depression in safety-net primary care clinics.
A Randomized Trial of Collaborative Depression Care in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics: Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Treatment Response
Published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Collaborative depression care adapted to obstetrics-gynecology settings had a greater impact on depression outcomes for socially disadvantaged women with no insurance or with public coverage compared with women with...
Long-term Cost Effects of Collaborative Care for Late-life Depression
Published in The American Journal of Managed Care. Compared with usual primary care, the IMPACT program is associated with a high probability of lower total healthcare costs during a 4-year period.
Collaborative Care Management of Late-Life Depression in the Primary Care Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The IMPACT study is a multisite randomized controlled trial of a collaborative intervention program for late-life depression in primary care. Study protocols were developed in collaboration with all...