Managing Depression: Using a clinical practice guideline approach
The 2020 update of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders provides a new framework for managing depressive disorders that moves beyond the stepped care approach. This framework is based around three key components: actions, such as lifestyle modification and patient education; choices in pharmacological treatment that include the patient’s preferences; and potential alternative treatments.
Modern Medicine – Issue 2 2023
