Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major Depressive Disorder Patients

To examine the ability of the patient decision aid to enhance shared decision making and preparedness to make decisions pertaining to antidepressant therapy. The research team has systematically developed an Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major depressive disorder patients (ADAM) according to the International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) and the Ottawa Decision Support Framework. This is a posttest-only study with nonequivalent groups to evaluate the effect of the antidepressant decision aid on patient and physician perception of shared decision making as well as patient preparedness for making pharmacotherapeutic decisions compared usual care.