Treatment and Prognosis of Major Depression Treatment for major depression is crucial for managing symptoms, reducing the risk of complications, and preventing or minimizing the severity of relapses of depressive episodes. As a chronic condition, depression requires long-term professional care or it may...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) (also known as recurrent depressive disorder, clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, or unipolar disorder) is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in ...
By understanding our patients'' perspectives on depression and its management, it should be possible to improve rates of consultation and overcome resistance to antidepressant treatment. Only by achieving both of these goals in parallel will we really be making progress towards optimal management of ...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is among the most common psychiatric disorders. It is a chronic condition associated with significant functional impairment [1,2]. Recently, treatment goals have focused on full recovery from depression, entailing both remission of depressive symptoms and restoration of ...
The goals are to achieve a reduction in depressive symptoms and an improvement in interpersonal functioning through improved communication, expression of affect, and proactive engagement with the current interpersonal network. The efficacy of this focused and structured psychotherapy in the treatment of ...
Diagnosing major depressive disorder introduction: an examination of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria J Nerv Ment Dis
ANOVA indicates analysis of variance; G, treatment group; and T, treatment month when the reported measurement was taken. Table 1. View LargeDownload Baseline Characteristics of Patients Randomized for Treatment of Major Depression* Table 2. View LargeDownload Number of Visits Inside the Health ...
While there are numerous studies on depression in the areas of epidemiology, biopsychosocial correlates, genetics, course, and treatment, remarkably little research has focused on the criteria used to diagnose major depressive disorder. Nearly 10 years ago, we began the Rhode Island Methods to ...
While antidepressant medications have been well established as a first-line treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) [1], many patients, unfortunately, do not experience remission with the first trial with an antidepressant. In the NIMH's landmark STAR*D trial (“Sequenced Treatment Alternative...
Differentiate non-pharmacologic therapies for major depressive disorder and incorporate them as needed to augment other therapeutic regimens. Examine the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of current agents and assess new, novel, and investigational agents for the treatment of major depres...