Nogueras, Eva VHurtado, María MFlordelís, EvaGarcía-Herrera, José MMorales-Asencio, José M2023-01-252023-01-252017-07-03http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11366Depression is the most frequent psychiatric disorder in primary health care, and the evidence shows that there is suboptimal management by primary care practitioners, perhaps owing to difficulties in decision making. Because clinical guidelines can improve decision making and management, a clinical guideline to manage depression in primary health care was developed in adherence to the ADAPTE method and was implemented in the Málaga Primary Health Care District in Spain. This column reports on the guideline development process, which produced a set of resources to improve the quality of primary health care-based depression care in Spain.enDepressionPractice guidelinesguidelines adherenceprofessional practiceClinical Decision-MakingDepressionDepressive DisorderHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicPrimary Health CareSpainresearch article28669282open access10.1176/appi.ps.2017001631557-9700https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ps.201700163