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The Hampshire Depression Project: development and piloting of clinical practice guidelines and education about depression in primary health care
Author(s) -
Stevens L,
Kinmonth AL,
Peveler R,
Thompson C
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1997.00670.x
Subject(s) - attendance , multidisciplinary approach , depression (economics) , primary care , multidisciplinary team , clinical practice , medicine , management of depression , medical education , best practice , nursing , randomized controlled trial , psychology , family medicine , sociology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics , social science , surgery
This paper describes the development and piloting of a comprehensive educational programme about recognition and management of depressive illness in primary care. Full evaluation of the effectiveness of the programme is currently underway in a randomized controlled trial, the Hampshire Depression Project (HDP), involving 56 general practices. The programme consists of clinical practice guidelines, practice‐based seminars and follow‐up sessions. Each part of the programme has been designed to be flexible, clinically oriented and relevant to all members of the multidisciplinary primary care team. The pilot study established the need for a systematic approach to the access of practices and practice teams, and the organization and process of the seminars. Application of this approach was associated with excellent attendance in the main programme.