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Treatment for Depressed Primary Care Patients

NCT01014312 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2017-02-23

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Summary

This research study develop a collaborative depression care management model (C-DCM) that encourages collaboration between primary care physicians (PCPs) and trained social workers employed by community-based, public and nonprofit mental health clinics.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Depression Care Management (DCM)

Depression Care Management (DCM) includes: 1. Monitoring the course of the depressive disorder; 2. Contacting the referring primary care physician (PCP) and offering information on the patients' current psychiatric status and medical complaints and the treatment recommended by published pharmacotherapy guidelines; 3. Determining the nature and extent of stressors affecting the patients' clinical status and functioning; 4. Psychoeducation concerning depression and depression treatment, working with the patient to select an appropriate treatment based on informed treatment preferences, and emphasizing treatment adherence; and 5. Supportive psychotherapy.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Care

Primary Care Physicians will be informed by letter from a study psychologist of the participants' depression diagnosis and of suicidal ideation when present. They will have no direct assistance regarding depression treatment, but they will be educated on guideline-based antidepressant treatment recommendations. Moreover, research assistants will use a suicide risk protocol at baseline and at all follow-up assessment periods that mandates immediate contact with PCPs by telephone or beeper in cases with significant risk.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jo Anne Sirey, Ph.D. · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  • George S. Alexopoulos, M.D. · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-01
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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