Calgary West Central Primary Care Network

Difficult to treat depression pathway

Aug 8, 2025

Difficult to treat depression pathway

Aug 8, 2025

A new Calgary Zone mental health pathway has been developed to support the management of difficult to treat depression.

It was created to help guide enhanced treatment of patients with depression who are not responding to first line management. The pathway provides both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management strategies for treatment in the medical home, including augmentation recommendations.

The Calgary Zone’s anxiety pathway has also been updated and now includes revised guidance on medication use to reflect current best practices.

Nephrology pathways: A link to the chronic kidney disease pathway has been relocated on the Specialist Link website and can now be found under the nephrology dropdown on the pathways page. A link to the chronic kidney disease in diabetes mellitus 2 pathway has also been added.