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Managing late-life depression in primary care practice — a case study of the health specialist's role
Author(s)	Herbert C Schulberg, Cindy Bryce, Keita Chism
Corporate Author	PROSPECT Study Group
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 6, June 2001
Pages	pp 577-584
Keywords	Depression ; General practice ; Case studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	Complexities in the diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression have stimulated various strategies for assisting the primary care physician to fulfil these tasks more effectively. The role of health specialist was developed for this purpose in PROSPECT (Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly - Collaborative Trials), a study to reduce suicidality in older depressed patients. This role includes clinical and case management tasks which aim to provide the physician with timely, patient-specific information and recommendations. Evolution of this role and its rewards or stressors during the study's first year are described. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010716209 A
Classmark	ENR: L5: 69P: 7T
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