Abstract Treatment outcomes for major depressive disorder (MDD) need to be improved.
Presently, no clinically relevant tools have been established for stratifying subgroups or …

Background Common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, are
estimated to affect up to 15% of the UK population at any one time, and health care systems …

Description Update of the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
recommendation on screening for depression in adults. Methods The USPSTF reviewed the …

Objective: Collaborative chronic care models (CCMs) improve outcome in chronic medical
illnesses and depression treated in primary care settings. The effect of such models across …

Background People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only
about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications …

Minorities have, in general, equal or better mental health than white Americans, yet they
suffer from disparities in mental health care. This paper reviews the evidence for mental …

The basic framework of the cognitive theory of psychopathology and cognitive therapy of
specific psychiatric disorders was developed more than 40 years ago. Since that time, there …

Health: Deborah Assayag, Elizabeth Barnett, Jennifer Blake, Beverly Brockest, Giovani
Burgos, Glenn Campbell, Andrea Chambers, Angie Chan, Maryann Cheetham, Walter …

Background Depression is common in primary care but is suboptimally managed.
Collaborative care, that is, structured care involving a greater role of nonmedical specialists …

According to a recent report of the Surgeon General (US Department of Health and Human
Services 1999), a range of treatments exist for most mental disorders, and the efficacy of …