Objective: The authors compared measurement-based care with standard treatment in major
depression. Methods: Outpatients with moderate to severe major depression were …

Objective: To determine the efficacy of measurement-based care (MBC), defined as routinely
administered outcome measures with practitioner and patient review to inform clinical …

Background Despite the availability of effective treatments for depression, many patients
under the care of primary care physicians do not achieve remission. Clinical Outcomes in …

Objective: The National Committee for Quality Assurance recommends response and
remission as indicators of successful depression treatment for the Healthcare Effectiveness …

Objective: The gap between evidence-based treatments and routine care has been well
established. Findings from the Sequenced Treatments Alternatives to Relieve Depression …

Background Whether the acute outcomes of major depressive disorder (MDD) treated in
primary (PC) or specialty care (SC) settings are different is unknown. Objective To compare …

Background: Symptomatic remission is the optimal outcome in depression. A brief, validated
tool for symptom measurement that can indicate when remission has occurred in mental …

Measurement-based care (MBC) can be defined as the clinical practice in which care
providers collect patient data through validated outcome scales and use the results to guide …

OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine whether improved outcomes from
enhanced acute-phase (3-month) treatment for depression in primary care persisted …

Background: This article analyzed data from the intervention arm of a large treatment trial to
demonstrate the importance of clinical severity, course, comorbidity, and treatment response …