Improving Depression Treatment in Primary Care: The Collaborative Care Model

Wayne J. Katon, MD

In 1995, Dr. Katon and colleagues published the first study on a “multifaceted intervention” for patients with depression who were receiving treatment from a PCP, which they termed collaborative care. Patients receiving this type of care had more frequent and more intense clinical visits—alternating between PCP and psychiatrist visits—in the weeks following diagnosis and onset of treatment, and additional education about their diagnosis.

Managing Your Digital Identity

John S. Luo, MD

For psychiatrists and other mental health providers, disclosing personal information has much greater significance than for primary care practitioners.

Practical Dosing Strategies in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Part 3 - Maintenance Strategies in Schizophrenia

John M. Kane, MD

This CME presentation on maintenance treatment in schizophrenia is the final one in this 3-part series. Part 1, by Delbert Robinson, MD, discusses first-episode schizophrenia; Part 2, by Christoph U. Correll, MD, discusses switching and combining antipsychotics.

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