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Depression Assessment and Management: Evaluating a Community‐Based Mental Health Training Program for Nurses
Author(s) -
Badger Terry A.,
Mishel Merle H.,
Biocca Lana J.,
Cardea Jane M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1991.tb00751.x
Subject(s) - referral , mental health , audit , depression (economics) , nursing , intervention (counseling) , medicine , program evaluation , primary care , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , management , public administration , political science , economics , macroeconomics
This mental health training program was designed to increase primary care nurses' knowledge and skills about depression. The program emphasized criteria for assessing depression, presented psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic content, discussed care coordination among several agencies and providers, and addressed referral resources. Cultural and developmental issues were highlighted. The 237 participants had significant knowledge gains after the program on comparison of pretest and posttest measures. Client record audit found significant increases in the assessment of and intervention with depression. The training program successfully increased primary care nurses' abilities to use knowledge about depression in clinical practice.