PMID: 9184725Jun 1, 1997Paper

Depression in primary care: review of AHCPR guidelines

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
L J Cohen, S K Guthrie

Abstract

To present an overview and evaluation of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of depression. One responsibility of the AHCPR is the development and periodic review and update of clinical practice guidelines. This process is undertaken by an independent panel composed of groups of clinicians and other experts from the private sector. Their findings are published in a four-volume, softcover set of booklets. DATA SOURCE AND EVALUATION: Volume 2 in the four-volume set includes a comprehensive complication, synthesis, and critical evaluation of the studies of different treatments for depression. Studies included for evaluation were randomized, prospective clinical trials that were pertinent to all topics concerning the treatment of depression. In some areas, the opinions of the panel were included due to a paucity of data from well-controlled clinical trials. Each AHCPR guideline was followed by a code that indicated whether the strength of evidence supporting that guideline was based on good or fair research-based evidence, or whether it was based primarily on panel members' opinions. With regard to drug treatment, the guidelines are good. However, since these guideli...Continue Reading

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