MedPage Today (9/12, Monaco) reports, “Care for new depression was more commonly delivered by primary care providers (PCPs) than psychiatric” clinicians, investigators concluded in findings presented in a poster at Psych Congress 2023. The “review of adults newly diagnosed with major depressive disorder, 16,987 patients were under the care of a PCP compared with 1,780 who were managed by a psychiatrist at the time of diagnosis, and only 6.2% of PCP-managed patients transitioned to a psychiatrist for their care,” the study found.
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