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Psychotherapy after acute pharmacotherapy reduces relapse in depression
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30118
Subject(s) - pharmacotherapy , antidepressant , depression (economics) , psychotherapist , medicine , major depressive disorder , psychiatry , psychology , mood , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
A meta‐analysis encompassing 13 studies has found that administration of psychotherapy following successful acute‐phase pharmacotherapy constitutes a viable strategy for preventing relapse in major depressive disorder. Outcomes in the studies were generally encouraging whether psychotherapy was administered with or without continuation treatment with an antidepressant.