The MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression and Primary Care: Resources for Clinicians

The MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression and Primary Care: Resources for Clinicians

Description
The MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression and Primary Care toolkit provides resources to help primary care clinicians recognize and manage depression. The toolkit has a variety of instruments and information to assist with the various steps of care for depression recognition and treatment.

Materials for download include:

Depression management toolkit
Training clinicians manual
Care manager training manual
Supervising psychiatrist manual
Information guide to antidepressants
Patient health questionnaire (PHQ)-9: English version
Patient health questionnaire (PHQ)-9: Spanish version
The materials for Re-Engineering Practices are designed to be used as part of an overall program for re-engineering a primary care practice to manage depression as a chronic disease. These materials include:

Training clinicians
Training care managers
Training psychiatrists

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.depression-primarycare.org/clinicians/

Developer
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Funding Sources
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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