Clinicians & Providers

• Antenatal Identification of Major Depressive Disorder: a Cohort Study
• Improving Quality of Care for People With Depression
• Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection Are at High Risk for Depression and Poor Linkage to Care: Results from the Steps Study
• Screening for Depression in Adults

Policymaker Resources

• Improving Quality of Care for People With Depression

Fact Sheets

September 1 2012 20120901

Improving Quality of Care for People With Depression

Other Research & Data

• Antenatal Identification of Major Depressive Disorder: a Cohort Study
• Depression, hearing impairment, and health literacy influence older adults' abilities to self-manage their care
• Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection Are at High Risk for Depression and Poor Linkage to Care: Results from the Steps Study

Other News & Events

• Abused women have higher risks for numerous medical disorders
• Acupuncture helps with depression during pregnancy
• Adding another medication rather than switching medications may benefit more from augmentation of treatment with another medication than from switching medications
• Antenatal Identification of Major Depressive Disorder: a Cohort Study
• Antidepressant use rises while psychotherapy declines
• Antidepressants may help some HIV patients stick to their complex medication regimens
• Black male prisoners in North Carolina have considerably lower mortality rates than black residents of that State
• Brief psychotherapy helps multiple sclerosis patients with insomnia and depression
• Depressed patients with anxiety who fail initial antidepressant therapy may benefit from adding a second drug
• Depression, falls, and low blood sugar affect quality of life as much as diabetes complications in older adults with diabetes
• Depression, hearing impairment, and health literacy influence older adults' abilities to self-manage their care
• Diagnosing and treating depression gets better in nursing homes but some disparities remain
• Diagnosis and treatment rates for depression in older adults have grown over time, with medication edging out therapy
• Effects of antidepressants on suicidal thoughts and behavior differ by age group
• Elderly blacks less likely than elderly whites to receive a depression diagnosis or treatment
• Emergency department patients and visitors are most interested in education about stress and depression
• For elderly patients with depression, cost-sharing insurance policies reduce drug use without increasing use of care
• Headache and nausea most common side effects among adults and adolescents taking antidepressants
• Home visits help pregnant, Medicaid-insured women alleviate depressive symptoms
• Increased child hospitalizations are associated with the mother's mental state and confidence in parenting
• Married couples who have twins are more likely to divorce
• Medicaid drug restrictions may lead to adverse events for psychiatric patients
• Medicare Part D coverage gap reduces antidepressant use in the elderly
• Mental disorders and/or substance abuse related to one of every eight emergency department cases
• Nearly two-thirds of mothers with depression do not receive adequate care for their condition
• New clinician and consumer research summaries on treatment-resistant depression available
• New comparative effectiveness review released on traumatic brain injury and depression
• Newer antidepressants equally effective in treating major depressive disorder
• Providers miss opportunities to prevent depression in and discuss birth control with women with unplanned pregnancies
• Study finds potentially suboptimal use of antidepressants for residents in Veterans Affairs nursing homes
• Study is first to show improved outcomes with postpartum depression screening and care
• Thin evidence on non-drug strategies for treatment-resistant depression
• Trends in treating depression favor psychotropic medications over psychotherapy
• Use of physician extenders associated with increase in antidepressant prescribing in nursing homes