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Clinicians on the front line: active management of depression and anxiety in primary care
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Clinicians on the front line: active management of depression and anxiety in primary care

Larry Culpepper, Catherine R Judd, Mary D Moller, Charles B Nemeroff, Mark H Rapaport and Domenic A Ciraulo
JAAPA (Montvale, N.J.), Vol.Suppl, pp.4-22
2006-07
PMID: 16999330

Abstract

Diagnosis, Differential Humans Middle Aged Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis Patient Care Team Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology Depressive Disorder - drug therapy Anxiety Disorders - complications Depressive Disorder - complications Family Practice Female Primary Health Care Anxiety Disorders - drug therapy Depressive Disorder - epidemiology Population Surveillance Comorbidity
Primary-care practitioners confront myriad issue in managing their patients with depression and/or anxiety. Understanding the scope and epidemiology of these disorders is essential to understanding their shared characteristics. Do we always recognize these patients in practice? What are the barriers to diagnosis and treatment, and how can they overcome? What are the treatment options of these sometimes life-altering conditions, and how do we choose from among the many that exist?

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