Depression

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Depression

Treatment

NEWS:

Agency warns of withdrawal risks for patients taking SSRIs

Antidepressant Seen as Effective in Treatment of Adolescents

Antidepressants May Cause Depression and Suicidality

Antidepressants Restudied for Relation to Child Suicide

Combination Treatment Most Effective in Adolescents with Depression

DHEA Lessens Depressive Symptoms, NIMH Study Shows

FDA Knew Antidepressant Danger to Kids

FDA Poised to Intensify Suicide Warnings on SSRIs

FDA Updates Its Review of Antidepressant Drugs in Children

FDA urges monitoring antidepressant patients

Prozac Plus Talk Is Best for Teen Depression

Secret US report surfaces on antidepressants in children

ARTICLES:

FDA Weighs Anti-Depressant Risk To Kids

For Most SSRIs, Risks Outweigh Benefits in Children

Forum: Better Nutrition Needed, Not Drugs

Light Therapy for Depressive Disorders

SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome

SSRI treatment for under-18s

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Active placebos versus antidepressants for depression (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Antidepressant pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depression in the very old: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. (Am J Psychiatry)

Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm (BMJ)

Association of risk of abnormal bleeding with degree of serotonin reuptake inhibition by antidepressants. (Arch Intern Med)

Britain May Tighten Rules on Antidepressant Drugs

Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of depression. (Aust N Z J Psychiatry)

Characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes of persistent depression despite treatment in primary care. (Gen Hosp Psychiatry)

Cyclic antidepressants and the risk of sudden cardiac death. (Clin Pharmacol Ther)

Distinguishing roles for norepinephrine and serotonin in the behavioral effects of antidepressant drugs. (J Clin Psychiatry)

Drug interactions with St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum): a review of the clinical evidence. (Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther)

Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for children and adolescents (BMJ)

Efficacy of ECT in depression: a meta-analytic review. (J ECT)

Electroconvulsive therapy in patients with depression and fibromyalgia. (Eur J Pain)

Electroconvulsive Therapy: Present and Future. (Issues Ment Health Nurs)

Exercise in treating depression: Broadening the psychotherapist's role. (J Clin Psychol)

Factors associated with complex visual hallucinations during antidepressant treatment. (Hum Psychopharmacol)

Folate for depressive disorders (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

High vitamin B12 level and good treatment outcome may be associated in major depressive disorder. (BMC Psychiatry)

High-dose antipsychotics: Desperation or data-driven? (Current Psychiatry)

Light therapy for non-seasonal depression. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Paroxetine treatment of depression with posttraumatic stress disorder: effects on autonomic reactivity and cortisol secretion. (J Clin Psychopharmacol)

Patients' preferences in the treatment of depressive disorder in primary care. (Gen Hosp Psychiatry)

Pharmacologic considerations in treating depression: a patient-centered approach. (J Manag Care Pharm)

Pharmacological treatment of adolescent major depression. (J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol)

Remission versus response: the new gold standard of antidepressant care. (J Clin Psychiatry)

Re-engineering systems for the treatment of depression in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial (BMJ)

Selectivity of antidepressants: from the monoamine hypothesis of depression to the SSRI revolution and beyond. (J Clin Psychiatry)

Serotonin syndrome and the use of SSRIs. (J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv)

Special issues in the management of depression in older patients. (Can J Psychiatry)

The burden of major depression avoidable by longer-term treatment strategies. (Arch Gen Psychiatry)

The human cost of not achieving full remission in depression. (Can J Psychiatry)

Therapeutic alternatives for difficult-to-treat depression: a narrative review of the state of the evidence. (CNS Spectr)

Treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients with cardiovascular disease. (BMJ)

Treatment response in late-onset depression: relationship to neuropsychological, neuroradiological and vascular risk factors. (Psychol Med)

Why patients may not respond to usual recommended dosages (Current Psychiatry)

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