A PHQ-2 score of 3 or more (scores range from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating more severe depressive symptoms) defined screen-positive depression. In primary care patients, a PHQ-2 score of 3 or more has a sensitivity of 0.61 to 0.87 and specificity of 0.78 to 0.92 for major ...
despite treatment, mrs b remained depressed. “my days are hell,” she said. mrs b was able to care for her basic needs such as feeding and toileting, but she needed help with most instrumental activities of daily living (iadls) such as shopping and managing her finances. in september ...
This is why most antidepressants are initially prescribed to depressed elderly at about half the doses used for adults, and increased gradually if tolerated; this leads to delayed response and remission rate in the elderly patients (Alexopoulos, 2005). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)...
Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation in Late-Life Depression: A Possible Option for Older Depressed Adults in Need of ECT During the COVID-19 Pandemic Objectives Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an essential psychiatric service that has an important role in treating older adult patients ...
New findings suggest that most Americans with depression receive no treatment, while raising the possibility that overtreatment of depression is also widespread. Less than a third of American adults who screened positive for depression received treatment
Antidepressant Drug Therapy and Suicide in Severely Depressed Children and Adults: A Case-Control Study DESIGN: Matched case-control study. SETTING: Outpatient treatment settings in the United States. PARTICIPANTS: Medicaid beneficiaries from all 50 states who ... M Olfson,SC Marcus,D Shaffer - 《...
where one will be under the supervision of specialists. In addition to that, psychotherapy is likely to take a different approach if the issue of suicide is involved. It must be noted that this is often witnessed in cases of severe depression which means that it should require additional ...
A similar study reported that electroconvulsive therapy in a sample of adolescents with severe mood disorders decreased suicidal behavior, reduced depressive symptoms, and improved overall functioning, while suggested the need for prospective studies using larger samples in order to determine its ...
The most reasonable interpretation is that demand for treatment is related to severity, presumably mediated by distress and impairment. A question could be raised whether this is merely a matter of demand or whether the treatment system is also more receptive to more severe cases. Some indirect ...
Psychotherapeutic treatments such as IPT and CBT, and/or pharmacotherapy are recommended as first-line treatments for depressed adult outpatients, without favoring one of them, although the individual preferences of patients should be taken into consideration in choosing a treatment....