Ian A Cook, MD, Director of Unipolar Depression Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the use of measurement – based care for depressed patients, which can track an individual’s progress on a weekly basis and provide an unbiased assessment of patient progress.
Reading:
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Measurement – based care for depressed patients
Asking about individual symptoms
February 1, 2010 • Best Practice Series: Major Depression, Family Medicine, Psychiatry & Mental Health
