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Treatment of depression in primary care—Part 2: Principles of maintenance treatment

Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common problem in the primary health care setting. The recognition of depression requires a high index of suspicion, as depression can masquerade as many different... Read More

Treatment of depression in primary care—Part 1: Principles of acute treatment

Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common problem in the primary health care setting. The recognition of depression requires a high index of suspicion, as depression can masquerade as many different... Read More

Part 1—Depression in primary care (Guest editorial)

The numbers associated with depression are staggering: 1.4 million people in Canada afflicted at any given time; over $3 billion in direct medical costs; 40 000 person-years lost from work and over $1 billion in... Read More

The management of depression in primary care: Current state and a new team approach

Introduction Although depression is among the most common disorders encountered in primary care, depressed patients are frequently treated ineffectively, in a manner inconsistent with current evidence. In the Ontario... Read More

Depression in primary care: Tools for screening, diagnosis, and measuring response to treatment

Introduction How many times have physicians wished they could measure a serum sadness level, and show the report to their skeptical patients, thus convincing them that they have a medically treatable disorder? After... Read More