Feeling labeled judged lectured and rejected by family and friends over depression: Cautionary results for primary care clinicians from a multi-centered qualitative study

摘要

BackgroundFamily and friends may help patients seek out and engage in depression care. However, patients’ social networks can also undermine depression treatment and recovery. In an effort to improve depression care in primary care settings, we sought to identify, categorize, and alert primary care clinicians to depression-related messages that patients hear from friends and family that patients perceive as unhelpful or detrimental.