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Depression in adults (QS8) |
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depression
Fast, easy summary view of NICE guidance on 'depression'
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Depression in adults
This NICE quality standard defines clinical best practice within this topic area. It provides specific, concise quality statements, measures and audience descriptors to provide patients and the public, health and social care professionals, commissioners and service providers with definitions of high-quality care.
This quality standard covers the assessment and clinical management of persistent subthreshold depressive symptoms, or mild, moderate or severe depression in adults (including people with a chronic physical health problem).
Note: NICE is aware that there is a wider social context to depression that this quality standard does not directly address but which is acknowledged in the development of this standard. The focus of the standard is on the clinical assessment and management of depression and persistent subthreshold depressive symptoms.
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Other information
- NICE clinical guideline: CG90 Depression in adults
- NICE clinical guideline: CG91 Depression with a chronic physical health problem
NICE Pathways
This guidance has been incorporated into the following NICE Pathways, along with other related guidance and products.
Visit the NICE Pathway: depression
Background information
This page was last updated: 15 April 2013
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Quality standard formats
Depression in adults
Information for the public
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Implementation tools and resources
Patient
The summary of the statements in the quality standard written for patients, carers and those with little medical knowledge and may be used in local patient information leaflets.
Full quality standard
The published full quality standard for health and social care professionals, public health practitioners, commissioners, service providers and patients, carers and the public, with quality measures, outcomes definitions and data sources.
Endorsing organisations
Many organisations share NICE's commitment to improve quality by making it clear what quality care is for patients and the public, health and social care professionals, commissioners and service providers.
So that these standards reach the widest possible audience, some of these organisations have endorsed the depression in adults quality standard.
These organisations are: