Quality of Outpatient Depression Treatment in Patients With Comorbid Substance Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Clinical practice guidelines recommend concurrent treatment of co-occurring depression and substance use disorders; however, the degree to which patients with substance use disorders receive guideline-concordant treatment for depression is unknown. The authors investigated the provision of guideline-concordant depression treatment to patients with and without substance use disorders in a large integrated health care system.

Methods

In a retrospective cohort study of 53,034 patients diagnosed with a depressive disorder in fiscal year 2017 in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration, the authors assessed the association of comorbid substance use disorders with guideline-concordant depression treatment, including both medication and psychotherapy, while adjusting for p

SUBMITTER: Coughlin LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8776315 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature