Depression care management in primary care clinics for older adults with major depression or chronic low levels of depression (dysthymia) is recommended on the basis of sufficient evidence of effectiveness in improving short-term depression outcomes. Clinic-based depression care management involves active screening for depression, measurement-based outcomes, trained depression care managers, case management, a primary care provider and patient education, antidepressant treatment and psychotherapy, and a supervising psychiatrist.

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Guide To Community Preventive Services [Internet]. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Community Guide Branch; [updated 2013 Mar 14]. Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults: Clinic-Based Depression Care Management; [updated 2011 Dec 17; cited 2013 Feb 22]. Available from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mentalhealth/depression-clinic.html