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Review
. 2008 Feb 23;336(7641):435-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39478.609097.BE.

Management of depression in adults

Markku Timonen  1 , Timo Liukkonen
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Review

Management of depression in adults

Markku Timonen et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: MT has been reimbursed by GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Novartis, and H Lundbeck for attending six conferences, was paid by Eli Lilly and Astra Zeneca for speaking on seven different occasions, and has served as coauthor or principal investigator in international multicentred placebo controlled clinical trials organised and financed by five different medical companies. TL has been reimbursed by H Lundbeck, Astra Zeneca, and Wyeth for attending three conferences, has been paid for speaking on two occasions by Pfizer, and has received personal funds for research from H Lundbeck.

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Fig 1 Classification criteria for depression
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Fig 2 Stepped care model for treatment and management of depression in primary care. Adapted from World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry guideline, original idea from NICE guideline
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