Collaborative Mental Health & Primary Care Benefit Older Adults With Sub-Clinical Depression

Older adults diagnosed with sub-clinical depression who completed an average of six weekly sessions of behavioral activation in a collaborative primary care setting were less likely to experience depressive symptoms than those who received only usual primary care. At a four month follow-up, 17.2% of the behavioral activation group and 23.5% of the usual care group met clinical criteria for depression. After 12 months, 15.7% of the behavioral activation group and 27.8% of the usual care group met clinical criteria for depression.

These findings were reported in “Effect of Collaborative Care vs Usual Care . . .