Open AccessImpact of an educational module in antidepressant-naive patients prescribed antidepressants for depression: Pilot, proof-of-concept, randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Annie John,
Namrata Singh,
. Nagarajaiah,
Chittaranjan Andrade
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.196710
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , antidepressant , intervention (counseling) , medicine , randomized controlled trial , adverse effect , psychiatry , physical therapy , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
Patients are educated about their illness and its treatment at the time of diagnosis. However, little is known about how much of this education is retained and how it influences knowledge about, attitudes toward, and experiences with medication in antidepressant-naive patients with depression.