title: Psychotherapy in combination with antidepressant drugs in severely depressed out-patients--20-year evaluation.
abstract: Eight hundred fifty-one severely depressed patients were treated on an out-patient basis over a twenty-year period with psychotherapy in combination with antidepressant drug therapy. The selection of patients and treatment technique is described. Eighty-three percent of the patients had excellent or good results within a period of three weeks. These results are compared with those obtained with electroshock treatment or psychotherapy alone.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014191:Tranylcypromine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014191:Tranylcypromine