Managing resistant depression. When patients do not respond to therapy.
Many factors can influence outcome in the management of depressive illness, a major public health problem with significant associated mortality and morbidity. Two-thirds of patients will respond to antidepressants. The remainder can be treated in other ways. Only about 7% of patients are absolutely treatment resistant, and even they can be helped.
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Grey Nuns Hospital, Edmonton.
D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015897:Comorbidity; D003663:Decision Trees; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D008094:Lithium