Monday, October 28, 2002

Effect of a multifaceted approach to detecting and managing depression in primary care
The abstract of a British Medical Journal article which concludes: "A simple practice based approach improved the detection and management of depression in a team familiar with the philosophy of chronic disease management, with the capacity to commit to the programme, and with a critical mass of team members being open to change. This model failed to affect depression management when staff engagement with the project was passive rather than active and the practice was less well resourced and served an economically deprived and ethnically diverse population." A link to the full text of the article is available.