SOM Update – April 2000

• Over $1.1 million in payments for antidepressants

• Following AHCPR Depression Guidelines:

  • 50% of members with a new episode of depression, who received an antidepressant, did not receive the full 6 month course of treatment
  • 58% of new cases did not receive antidepressant treatment at all

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