We review 2016-2019 peer-reviewed literature which summarizes the factors contributing to high expense of treating depression among adults in the USA, and interventions that have been conducted to decrease depression treatment expenditures. Treatment expenditures associated with depression are high and ...
Conclusions and RelevanceMost US adults who screen positive for depression did not receive treatment for depression, whereas most who were treated did not screen positive. In light of these findings, it is important to strengthen efforts to align depression care with each patient’s clinical needs....
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Objective The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic review to evaluate benefits and harms of screening, accuracy of screening, and benefits and harms of treatment of MDD and suicide risk in asymptomatic adults that would be applicable to primary care settings. Population...
Effective strategies for detection and treatment of late-life depression are summarized based on a case of a 69-year-old woman who struggled with prolonged depression. Clinicians should screen older patients for depression using a standard rating scale, initiate treatment such as antidepressant ...
New findings suggest that most Americans with depression receive no treatment, while raising the possibility that overtreatment of depression is also widespread. Less than a third of American adults who screened positive for depression received treatment
Depressed older adult participants endorsed a high level of public stigma and were not likely to be currently engaged in or did they intend to seek mental health treatment. Results also suggested that African American older adults were more likely to internalize stigma and endorsed less positive ...
Treatmentof anxiety disorders There are several treatment options for anxiety disorders, includingcognitive behavioral therapyandmedicationssuch as anti-anxiety,benzodiazepinedrugs likealprazolam (Xanax). However, the shame, fear, and stigma that often accompanydiagnosescause many patients to avoid seeking car...
Face-to-face psychodynamic therapy has been shown to be effective for treating major depression in adults [19,20] and it has been found equally effective as CBT in the treatment of depression in adolescents [21]. Internet-based treatments for adults based on psychodynamic therapy principles have...