CHOICE-D Guide to Depression Treatment
Looking for information about treatments for depression? The second edition of the CHOICE-D Patient and Family Guide to Depression Treatment is now available!
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This resource is the result of a joint venture of CAN-BIND, Hope+Me (formerly known as the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario; hopeandme.org), and the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT; canmat.org). It was funded primarily by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI; braininstitute.ca).
The information in this guide is drawn from the CANMAT 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder published in the May 2024 issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (available here: doi.org/10.1177/07067437241245384).
The CHOICE–D Project was created in partnership with individuals who have personal experience with depression, for persons living with depression. Written in lay language, the guide aims to empower individuals to understand treatment options and engage in conversations about their options with healthcare providers.
To learn more about the CHOICE-D Project and how the guide was created, click here. The process of creating the guide has also been published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Read the full article here.
An older edition of the guide is also available below. The earlier version of the guide is drawn from the CANMAT 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder, published in the September 2016 issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
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