Effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in Italy. A randomized controlled trial

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 579-586

  Menchetti, Marco ^a   Sighinolfi, Cecilia ^a   Di Michele, Vittorio ^b   Peloso, Paolo ^c   Nespeca, Claudia ^a   Bandieri, Pier Venanzio ^d   Bologna, Maria ^e   Fioritti, Angelo ^f   Fravega, Roberta ^g   Ghio, Lucio ^g   Gotelli, Simona ^c   Levantesi, Paolo ^a   Ortega, Maria Amparo ^c   Savorani, Micaela ^a   Simoni, Luigi ^f   Tarricone, Ilaria ^a   Morini, Mara ^f   Gask, Linda ^h   Berardi, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit of Pescara   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority 3   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit Rimini   (Italy)

^e PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^f Service of Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative care; Depression; Primary care; Primary care physician; Usual care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLABORATIVE CARE; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION;

COLLABORATIVE CARE; DEPRESSION; PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN; USUAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887106728     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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