Italian Network for the Improvement of Compliance in Depression

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Comorbidity of schizophrenic disorder, according to the DSM-IV (Codes F06.3 - Organic mood disorder; F20 - Schizophrenia; F29 -Uunspecified Nonorganic Psychosis; F30-F31 - Manic Episode and Bipolar Affective Disorder; F34.0 - Cyclothymia; F10-F19 - Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to Psychoactive Substance Use).
• •2. Current pregnancy.
• •3. Probable hospitalization, for whatever reason.
• •4. Patient seen once and then referred to his/her GP or other specialist physician;
• •5. Pharmacological treatment already prescribed by a psychiatry or neurology specialist. However, if the patient is not satisfied with the current treatment and/or the psychiatrist involved in the present study considers appropriate to change the treatment, the present exclusion criterion will not be valid any longer.
• •6. Pharmacological treatment prescribed for more than 15 days by patient's GP. However, if the patient is not satisfied by the treatment and/or the psychiatrist involved in the present study considers appropriate to change the treatment, the present exclusion criterion will not be valid any longer.
• •7. The patient is currently under psychotherapy.