Multifaceted Depression and Cardiovascular Program

Collaborative depression care management will include acute depression treatment with antidepressant medication and/or counseling sessions based on structured problem solving therapy. Participants will also receive supportive patient navigation services and maintenance/relapse telephone monitoring. Counseling treatment will include 8 weekly 45-minute counseling sessions that are culturally and health literacy adapted for the study population. The length of medication treatment will depend upon participants' severity of depression and may last up to 12 months.