Canadian researchers recently developed the Antidepressant Decision Support Tool to assist primary care practitioners in individualizing first-line pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder.
Antidepressant Decision Support Tool is designed to help prescribers and patients engage in shared decision making to optimize antidepressant treatment in acute depression.
Just over 60% of seniors living in long-term care were prescribed antidepressants in 2017, data analyzed by the institute indicates. That rose to 62% of residents by 2019 and 65% in 2021.
