Mental Health Assessment and Prescribing by Alberta Pharmacists

Inclusion criteria: * Adults (≥ 18 years of age) newly diagnosed with MDD and/or GAD, including: * Patients starting on medications for the management of adults with MDD * Patients starting on medications for the management of GAD Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Non-Alberta residents * Unwilling or unable to participate in regular follow-up visits * Unwilling to participate/sign consent form * ≥2 suicide attempts per year * Severe, psychotic, and catatonic depression * History of and/or current substance abuse, intoxication, addiction or withdrawal * Patients diagnosed with comorbid anxiety disorders other than GAD, including: panic -disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder * Patients diagnosed with comorbid depressive disorder other than MDD, including: depressive disorder due to another medical condition (e.g. hypothyroidism, MS, OSA, -Parkinsons, stroke, TBI, Vitamin B12 insufficiency, Huntington disease, adrenal insufficiency, mononucleosis, systemic lupus erythematosus), adjustment disorder with depressed mood * Patients diagnosed with concurrent ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder