Follow-up

Follow-up

• Suicide risk
• Medications
• Managing side effects of antidepressants
• Psychotherapy
• Disability assessment
  • "Managing workplace mental health and occupational disability" from Antidepressant Skills at Work
• Reducing the risk of relapse
  • Preventing Relapse of Depression" from HereToHelp.BC

Guidelines for follow-up

• Recommend follow-up by phone or in person in one week depending upon the severity of the condition and every 2 weeks thereafter until remission
• Suicidal patients will need closer follow-up
• Once remission is achieved gradually decrease the frequency of follow-up to a minimum of every 3 months during the first year
• Consider annual follow-up once stable