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Depression study with flexible design shows benefit of combination therapy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30001
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , citation , dosing , medicine , psychotherapist , pharmacotherapy , psychiatry , psychology , computer science , library science , pharmacology , economics , macroeconomics
A study that the author of an accompanying journal editorial calls “one of the most important studies ever undertaken” to evaluate combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy for major depression has found an enhanced rate of recovery with combination treatment for persons with severe nonchronic depression. The study design was noteworthy in that clinicians had the ability to use aggressive dosing of antidepressants and to switch medications if patients were not achieving results.