Urgent Bite 19 - Antidepressants on the First Visit - featuring Professor Bruce Arroll

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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