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Follow-up
- Suicide risk
- Medications
- Managing side effects of antidepressants
- Psychotherapy
- Disability assessment
- Reducing the risk of relapse
- If your patient becomes pregnant or is considering pregnancy please visit the website MotherToBaby for helpful information regarding medication
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