Organized self-management support eases chronic depression

(Group Health Research Institute) In a randomized trial, people with chronic or recurrent depression benefited from self-management support that included regular outreach care management and a self-care group with a combined behavioral and recovery-oriented approach. Over 18 months, patients improved significantly in all four measured outcomes. Compared to patients in usual care at Group Health and Swedish, they had less severe symptoms and less likelihood of having major depression, higher reco...