Management of Depression in Chronic Care Patients Using a Task-Sharing Approach in a Real-World Primary Health Care Setting in South Africa: Outcomes of a Cohort Study.

Depressive symptoms are common in South African primary care patients with chronic medical conditions, but are usually unrecognised and untreated. This study evaluated an integrated, task-sharing collaborative approach to management of depression comorbid with chronic diseases in primary health care...

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Published in:	Community Mental Health Journal Vol. 59; no. 7; pp. 1261 - 1275
Main Authors:	Kathree, Tasneem, Bachmann, Max, Bhana, Arvin, Grant, Merridy, Mntambo, Ntokozo, Gigaba, Sithabisile, Kemp, C. G., Rao, Deepa, Petersen, Inge
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Oct2023
Subjects:	South Africa Diagnosis of mental depression Evaluation of medical care Evaluation of human services programs Counseling Chronic diseases Task performance Primary health care Mental depression Interprofessional relations Patient care Group process Mental health services Education of physicians HIV infections Antidepressants Primary nursing Comparative studies Medical referrals Questionnaires Integrated health care delivery Nurse practitioners Longitudinal method Outpatient services in hospitals Comorbidity Medical needs assessment Evaluation
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