Supportive monitoring and disease management through the Internet (SUMMIT)

Background/Objectives: Despite effective treatments, substantial proportions of patients with mood disorders have a considerable risk for recurrences or relapses. Consequently, recent treatment guidelines highlight the need for improvement in relapse prevention and managed care in recurrent and chronic depression. New technologies such as the internet or mobile phones open new avenues for disease management programs. In this paper, we present an individualized disease management strategy for recurrent depression – „Supportive monitoring and disease management through the Internet“ (SUMMIT). The program is curren…