1. Treatment for depression following the 1996 National Depression Screening Day.
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Greenfield SF, Reizes JM, Muenz LR, Kopans B, Kozloff RC, and Jacobs DG
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Canada, Combined Modality Therapy, Depressive Disorder diagnosis, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hospitalization, Humans, Insurance, Health statistics & numerical data, Insurance, Psychiatric statistics & numerical data, Male, Mass Screening statistics & numerical data, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Compliance, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales statistics & numerical data, Severity of Illness Index, Sex Factors, United States epidemiology, Antidepressive Agents therapeutic use, Depressive Disorder epidemiology, Depressive Disorder therapy, Psychotherapy
- Abstract
Objective: Characteristics of the subsequent treatment received by people who screened positive for depression in the 1996 National Depression Screening Day were investigated., Method: A follow-up telephone survey was completed by 1,502 randomly selected participants from 2,800 sites., Results: Of 927 people for whom additional evaluation was recommended, 602 (64.9%) obtained evaluations and 503 (83.6%) received treatment. Of these 503, 260 (51.7%) received psychotherapy and medication, 130 (25.8%) received medication only, and 93 (18.5%) received psychotherapy only. Compared with people without health or mental health insurance, individuals with health insurance (66.7% versus 57.5%) and mental health insurance (74.6% versus 55.3%) were more likely to comply with the recommendation to obtain follow-up evaluation., Conclusions: One-half of the people treated for depression received a combination of psychotherapy and medication. Lack of insurance was associated with not following the recommendation to obtain further evaluation and treatment.
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- 2000
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