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The Effectiveness of Collaborative Care on Depression Outcomes for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations in Primary Care: A Systematic Review.

Jennifer Hu, Tina Wu, Swathi Damodaran, Karen M Tabb, Amy Bauer, Hsiang Huang

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Synthesis in Psychosomatics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jennifer HuCambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA. Electronic address: jthu@challiance.org.
Tina WuCambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA. Electronic address: tiwu@challiance.org.
Swathi DamodaranCambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.
Karen M TabbSchool of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Amy BauerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Hsiang HuangCambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.

Funding

NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD008481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRacial/ethnic minorities experience a greater burden of mental health problems than white adults in the United States. The collaborative care model is increasingly being adopted to improve access to services and to promote diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases.

objectiveThis systematic review seeks to summarize what is known about collaborative care on depression outcomes for racial/ethnic minorities in the United States.

methodsThis review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses method. Collaborative care studies were included if they comprised adults from at least one racial/ethnic minority group, were located in primary care clinics in the United States, and had depression outcome measures. Core principles described by the University of Washington Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions Center were used to define the components of collaborative care.

resultsOf 398 titles screened, 169 full-length articles were assessed for eligibility, and 19 studies were included in our review (10 randomized controlled trials, 9 observational). Results show there is potential that collaborative care, with or without cultural/linguistic tailoring, is effective in improving depression for racial/ethnic minorities, including those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

conclusionsCollaborative care should be explored as an intervention for treating depression for racial/ethnic minority patients in primary care. Questions remain as to what elements of cultural adaptation are most helpful, factors behind the difficulty in recruiting minority patients for these studies, and how the inclusion of virtual components changes access to and delivery of care. Future research should also recruit individuals from less studied populations.

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EthnicityMinority GroupsDepressionHumansPrimary Health CareRacial GroupsUnited Statescollaborative caredepressionracial/ethnic minoritysystematic review

Identifiers

PMID32381258
PMCPMC7541409

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