Drs Madhukar Trivedi and Lorenzo Norris address the issues of race, equity in care, and the importance of cultural competence when treating patients with major depressive disorder.

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Resources

Depression https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/286759-overview

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR) https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm

The Cultural Formulation Interview: Building the Case for Cultural Competence in Clinical Care https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36722093/

Shared Decision Making https://www.medscape.org/shareddecisionmaking

Promoting Collaborative Psychiatric Care Decision-Making in Community Mental Health Centers: Insights From a Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33119363/

Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM https://www.appi.org/products/structured-clinical-interview-for-dsm-5-scid-5

Psychometric Properties of Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders-Clinician Version (SCID-5-CV) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33729681/

The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: Validity of a Two-Item Depression Screener https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14583691/

The PHQ-9: Validity of a Brief Depression Severity Measure https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11556941/