Who should receive antidepressants: suggestions from placebo treatment.
Placebo-controlled antidepressant clinical trials consistently show that a depressive episode lasting more than a year is associated with a relatively low placebo response rate. The response to antidepressants, however, appears unrelated to episode duration.
Khan
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Brown
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D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010919:Placebos
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D010919:Placebos