Shared Decision Making in depression: From a generalized ethical imperative to a personalized approach? a narrative review
Background :While both evidence-based medicine as well as personalised patient-centred medicine are glorified, clinical practice seems to be only partially influenced by guidelines or by patients' views.Against this background, Shared Decision Making (SDM) became a hype but remains an ill-defined concept : it can be considered as an umbrella concept covering therapeutic alliance, physician and patient preferences,
Authors
- Koen Demyttenaere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5331-487X)
- Elke Heirman
- Alessandra Minelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9463-7808)
- Inga Stonner
- AJ Cleare
- Stefano Barlati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-3915)
- B Strawbridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2984-1124)
- BT Baune (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6548-426X)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Brescia University (US)
- University Psychiatric Hospital (SI)
- University of Brescia (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.12221
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme