The American Geriatrics Society - Education - Depression In Older Adults Management in Primary Practice

Depression In Older Adults
Management in Primary Practice

Tools List

Tools created especially for the Practicing Physician Education (PPE) project may be photocopied as is, without specific permission. Please note: tools with notices indicating that the copyright does not belong to the PPE project may not be photocopied without the specific permission of the owner of the copyright.

All the tools used in the model clinical process are listed below. The purpose or content of each tool is indicated briefly in italics.

*Professional Tools*	Depression Screen A two-question screen to determine the possibility of depression in patients

	Depression Evaluation: Initial Visit Form for recording initial findings about the patient with possible depression

	PHQ-9 Flow Chart Tracking tool for PHQ-9 monitoring of depression response to treatment

*Patient Forms*	Medical History Information provided by the family or person

	PHQ-9 - Nine Symptom Checklist Information provided by the patient about the depression problem, with scoring instructions

	Geriatric Depression Scale (short form) Yesavage's rating scale for depression, with scoring instructions

Patient Handouts	Depression An explanation of depression, and common signs

	How Do I Know If I'm Depressed? A brief description of what depression is, what causes it, and when to seek help

	Treatment of Depression Description of what treatment can do and the effectiveness of them

	Drug Treatment of Depression Description of antidepressants used to treat depression, their side effects and the length of time needed for treatment

	Mental Health Specialists and Depression Description of roles of psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, psychiatric nurse specialist

	Taking Care of Yourself Information for patient to follow while treating self

	What If I Don't Feel Better An explanation of long term solutions to depression

*Additional Resources*	List of Organizations and Agencies that are are source of additional information on Depression

The entire PPE Tool Kit on depression can be found at http://www.miahonline.org/tools/index.html. Here you will find additional information on depression in a primary care practice.