Effectiveness of telephone-based aftercare case management for adult patients with unipolar depression compared to usual care: A randomized controlled trial.

Patients with depression often have limited access to outpatient psychotherapy following inpatient treatment. The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of a telephone-based aftercare case management (ACM) intervention for patients with depression.We performed a prospecti...

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Main Authors: Laura Kivelitz, Levente Kriston, Eva Christalle, Holger Schulz, Birgit Watzke, Martin Härter, Lutz Götzmann, Harald Bailer, Sabine Zahn, Hanne Melchior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5659793?pdf=render