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AN AUDIT TO IDENTIFY FACTORS THAT ARE MORE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSED PATIENTS ON AUGMENTATION THERAPY UNDER THE BEFORDSHIRE EAST COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (BECMHT)
Sophie Butler
; Foundation Programme East Anglian Deanery, UK
Mark Agius
; South Essex Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust UK;Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
Clare Holt
; Foundation Programme East Anglian Deanery, UK
Rashid Zaman
; South Essex Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust UK;Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Background: Whilst it is important that we treat patients with depression in primary care if possible there are many patients
with depression who will need the more expert support provided in secondary care.
Aims and Methods: An Anonymised Database held by the Bedford East Community Mental Health Team was studied to assess
what factors were related to the use of Augmentation Strategies to treat resistant depression.
Results: Of the total 282 patients 109 (38.7%) were on augmentation therapy. In the F32 and F33 group just over a third of the
patients (35.8% and 37.1%) were on augmentation therapy and in the F41.2 group over a half of patients (56.7%) were on
augmentation therapy.
Discussion: There does seem to be a relationship between the number of risk factors a patient has and the likelihood that they
are on augmentation. Particularly strong factors are another psychiatric diagnosis and ‘other suicide risk factors’.
Conclusion: Generally the patients coming to secondary care with more of the specified risk factors are more likely to need
augmentation
Ključne riječi
resistant depression; augmentation therapies
Hrčak ID:
262754
URI
Datum izdavanja:
14.9.2010.
Posjeta: 188 *