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Psychological treatment for depression may be viable for relapse prevention
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30764
Subject(s) - tapering , antidepressant , depression (economics) , psychological intervention , medicine , intervention (counseling) , meta analysis , antidepressant medication , psychological therapy , psychiatry , psychotherapist , relapse prevention , clinical psychology , psychology , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics , computer graphics (images) , computer science
A psychological intervention during or after tapering of antidepressant medication may be as effective as antidepressant monotherapy as a long‐term strategy for preventing relapse, a newly published meta‐analysis suggests. Psychological interventions with tapering may be effective even for patients with high residual symptoms or a high number of previous depressive episodes, the researchers stated. Results of the meta‐analysis were published online May 19, 2021 in JAMA Psychiatry .