Pharmacists inclusion criteria
depressive
The inclusion criteria for pharmacists included (i) employed at a community pharmacy that accepts prescriptions mainly from psychosomatic medicine and psychiatry, (ii) routinely provides medication to depressive patients, and (iii) has received an explanation of the purpose of the research from the Investigator, understands the explanation, and wishes to participate of their own will. The type and length of the pharmacists’ work experiences were not taken into account. No particular exclusion criteria were defined. Volunteering pharmacists were explained about the objectives and other details of this study verbally and through written documents, and signed the informed consent form before participating in this study. Before the start of the study interventions, the study investigators met the psychosomatic medicine specialists whose prescriptions were processed by the participating pharmacies, and explained the objectives and other details of this study to obtain their consent to assist with this study.