Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite. Today we ask the question – do you prescribe an antidepressant on the first visit to an Urgent Care?
An evidence based first consultation for depression: 9 Key messages – https://bjgp.org/content/68/669/200.long
Effective Management of Depression in Primary Care: a review of the literature – https://bjgpopen.org/content/1/2/BJGP-2016-0641
Many Thanks to Professor Bruce Arroll for sharing his story.
For lots of primary care relevant online learning resources check out the Goodfellow unit – https://www.goodfellowunit.org
Those of you with a keen eye on the diary will notice this was the last Friday of the Month. Due to the short Month we will be releasing Episode 7 next Friday – technically the 1st March I know, but we do live in the future here in NZ.
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