Implementation Science Approach to Enhancing Depression Treatment in Collaborative Depression Care Settings ( DepCare )

Primary Care Provider (1) One-time presentation or video with education and motivational messaging around collaborative care, functionality of the DepCare patient tool and optimal management of depression and comorbid anxiety (2) Quality improvement/ implementation team meetings on optimizing mental health treatment in primary care and DepCare (i.e., multi-level, multi-component intervention) implementation (3) Automatically-generated decisional support on individual patient treatment preferences (i.e., for every patient who receives the DepCare patient tool) Patient: Tool comprised of enhanced depression and anxiety screening (includes option for voice-over questions, point-and-click responses), and for those who screen positive for depressive symptoms (with or without comorbid anxiety), diagnosis recognition support, psycho-education, videos promoting patient engagement in treatment, and personalized medication selection support.

Clinic-level (1) Quality Improvement Support and education around valid depression screening (2) Local technical support for mental health treatment optimization