Brief Review of Major Depressive Disorder for Primary Care Providers

Fed Pract. 2016 Mar;33(Suppl 2):12S-16S.

Authors

John J Carty Jr¹, P Rodrigo Escalona¹

Affiliation

¹ is the director of Inpatient Psychiatry and is chief of the Behavioral Health Care Line, both at the Raymond G. Murphy VAMC in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Carty is an assistant professor of psychiatry and Dr. Escalona is a professor of psychiatry, both at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque.

PMID: 30766206
PMCID: PMC6375441

Abstract

The successful treatment of major depressive disorder relies on a combination of early diagnosis and the choice of treatment team and therapies.