The following algorithm was developed by Access II Care of Western North Carolina in partnership with the Western Highlands LME and a local partnership of primary care providers, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health care specialists.

• WNC Depression Algorithm

Please access our Practice Tools page, Other Resources for access to a listing of other sites with screening tools supporting integrated care.  The PHQ-9 is listed there.  Visit our site policies page to review how algorithms are reviewed and posted on this site.

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• PHQ-9 Depression Screen
• MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression & Primary Care Depression Toolkit

• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
• Parental Depression Screening for Pediatric Clinicians:  An Implementation Manual, by Ardis Olson, MD and Cecelia McGaffney, MEd made available by the Commonwealth Fund