Drs Madhukar Trivedi and Bradley Gaynes discuss the benefits of measurement-based care and how best to deliver it for patients with major depressive disorder.

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Resources

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) https://reference.medscape.com/calculator/271/patient-health-questionnaire-9-phq-9

Clinical Results for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder in the Texas Medication Algorithm Project https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/482026

Depression, IV: STAR*D Treatment Trial for Depression https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.160.2.237#F1

APA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Depression Across Three Age Cohorts https://www.apa.org/depression-guideline/guideline.pdf

The Efficacy of Measurement-Based Care for Depressive Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/depression/measurement-based-care-depression/

Final Recommendation Statement – Depression in Adults: Screening https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/depression-in-adults-screening

Nonpharmacologic Versus Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M15-2570

The 16-Item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS), Clinician Rating (QIDS-C), and Self-report (QIDS-SR): A Psychometric Evaluation in Patients With Chronic Major Depression https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(02)01866-8/fulltext

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D or HDRS) https://reference.medscape.com/calculator/146/hamilton-depression-rating-scale-ham-d-or-hdrs

Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) https://www.apa.org/depression-guideline/montgomery-asberg-scale.pdf