Sociology > Depression > [NEWS] Majority of People With Depression Are Not Effectively Treated, USA
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Sociology > Depression |
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"Bev Thornton" |
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04 Jun 2005 11:49:14 AM |
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[NEWS] Majority of People With Depression Are Not Effectively Treated, USA |
More than 85 percent of both privately insured and Medicaid patients
with depression are not being effectively treated, as defined by the
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), according to new data
presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association.
While both sets of patients were receiving inadequate treatment in
this study, Medicaid claimants were less likely to be treated
according to practice guidelines. This population was nearly twice as
likely to be prescribed an antidepressant below the recommended dose
(19 percent vs. 10 percent, respectively); less likely to stay on
medication for more than 60 days (39 percent vs. 55 percent,
respectively), the duration of time recommended for effective acute
treatment; and half as likely to have their antidepressant switched or
augmented (5 percent vs. 10 percent, respectively) when they did not
respond or tolerate their current dose or medication.
<http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=25266>
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