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Are two antidepressants always better than one?
Author(s) -
Feetam Celia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.234
Subject(s) - antidepressant , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , anxiety
Up to a third of patients do not respond to their first antidepressant and many remain depressed despite multiple treatments. Combining antidepressants is one strategy recommended for patients who respond inadequately to initial treatment and in this article Celia Feetam discusses the evidence for this approach.