Treatment - General Medical /
Other Psychiatric Condition
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Choice or treatment when depression has been identified as a result of a general medical condition or other psychiatric condition. | |
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Optimize treatment for the underlying medical or psychiatric condition, then reassess the person’s condition. | |
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Treat the major depression as an independent disorder if still present. | |
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In some cases the depression needs to be treated simultaneously with the concomitant condition. | |
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Cost varies depending on the medical condition and its consequences, sometimes, patients will need in home help, board and care setting, assisting devices, in-home nursing, medications that may or may not be covered by insurance or Medicare. | |
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There are resources out there to help so enlist the help of family or community agency, social worker, or private case manager. |
