Citation

Duggal HS. Perm. J. 2019; 23: e18.295.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Walnut Creek Medical Center, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Kaiser Permanente)

DOI

10.7812/TPP/18-295

PMID

31167709

Abstract

Self-management is increasingly becoming the standard of care among people with chronic medical conditions. Its application to depression is mostly extrapolated from the paradigms used for nonpsychiatric medical illnesses. Such an approach falls short in addressing strength-based interventions that foster recovery in individuals with depression. This article describes a new paradigm of self-management, which is in line with the recovery model, is patient-centered, and goes beyond amelioration of clinical symptoms.

Language: en