Training primary-care physicians to recognize, diagnose and manage depression: does it improve patient outcomes?
Training primary-care physicians to recognize, diagnose and manage depression can improve short-term patient outcomes, especially for patients with a recent onset of depression. Patients suffering from a recurrent or chronic depression may need more specific interventions, both for acute treatment and long-term management.
These data are consistent with idea that altered neurotransmission is an important determinant of vascular reactivity of diabetic blood vessels to nitrovasodilators in vivo.