Archives of general psychiatry
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Arch. Gen. Psychiatry · Oct 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyIncremental benefit and cost of telephone care management and telephone psychotherapy for depression in primary care.
Effectiveness of organized depression care programs is well established, but dissemination will depend on the balance of benefits and costs. ⋯ Compared with current primary care practice, a structured telephone program including care management and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy has significant clinical benefit with only a modest increase in health services cost.