Antidepressants Clinical Resources & Tools
Clinical Guide: Treatment Choices
Summary guide that steps through the treatment options for managing depression or anxiety in an older adult.
Decision Aid
Support clinician-patient discussions and encourage shared decision-making and action-planning for the management of depression or anxiety.
Conversation Starters
Suggested wording to help start a conversation with patients about deprescribing antidepressants.
Medicines Comparison Table
A summary of medicines information to help guide prescribers when selecting an antidepressant for an older person diagnosed with anxiety or depression.
Clinical Guide: Deprescribing
Summary information to help guide health professionals through the key elements of antidepressant deprescribing, including different tapering options and how to distinguish withdrawal symptoms from relapse.
Care Plan
A shared decision-making tool to support consumers thinking about tapering or stopping their antidepressant.
The QUM Alliance offers updated clinical guidelines, resources, and links to support health professionals, including the Eczema Management Algorithm and Eczema Care Plan.
The QUM Alliance offers updated clinical guidelines, resources, and links to support health professionals, including the Gout Treatment Algorithm, My Gout Plan, and Gout Decision Support Tool.
Antidepressants in older adults Resources
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Quality Use of Medicines Alliance
Helping consumers and health professionals make safe and wise decisions about medicines and diagnostics. Funded by the Australian Government through the Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology Program.
