Year Published:
2008
Mental Health and Mental Illness: Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults – Home-Based Depression Care Management
Description of Resource:
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends depression care management at home for older adults with depression to improve short-term depression outcomes. Home-based depression care management involves: active screening for depression; measurement-based outcomes; trained depression care managers; case management; patient education; and a supervising psychiatrist.
Developed By:
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Developer Type:
Non-Federal Government
Healthy People 2020 Topic Area(s):
Access to Health Services
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Healthy People 2020 Objectives:
Resource Type:
Systematic Review
Citation:
The Community Guide [Internet]. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults – Home-Based Depression Care Management. c2008– [cited 2016 Dec 30]. Available from: https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/mental-health-and-mental-illness-interventions-reduce-depression-among-older-adults-home