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Hi all,
An IM physician colleague of mine mentioned that there's some good empirical support for treating MDD as a chronic illness, both at the care system level (in terms of scheduling appointments, follow-up, coordinating and tracking care, etc) and at the individual patient level (thinking of MDD in terms of episodes/flares, building in self-care strategies, symptom management within the context of limitations, etc). I had honestly never heard of this model for MDD, though it has some cross-over with psychiatric rehabilitation models. Any familiarity with the model or thoughts on the research or practice in this area?
An IM physician colleague of mine mentioned that there's some good empirical support for treating MDD as a chronic illness, both at the care system level (in terms of scheduling appointments, follow-up, coordinating and tracking care, etc) and at the individual patient level (thinking of MDD in terms of episodes/flares, building in self-care strategies, symptom management within the context of limitations, etc). I had honestly never heard of this model for MDD, though it has some cross-over with psychiatric rehabilitation models. Any familiarity with the model or thoughts on the research or practice in this area?
