[Acute pharmacological treatment of depression].
Depression is one of the most economically burdensome diseases with serious consequences for patients as well as their families. Many depressed patients are not treated because they neither contact a doctor nor are diagnosed correctly. Today, it is generally accepted that depression is not just one disease but is composed of subgroups, each requiring its own specific treatment. In mild to moderate depression SSRIs or other newer antidepressants can be used but in cases of severe melancholic or psychotic depression TCAs or ECT are the treatments of choice.
Stage
Kurt Bjerregaard
KB
Odense Universitetshospital, Psykiatrisk Afdeling P, Odense C. kurt.b.stage@dadlnet.dk
Sørensen
Claus Hauregaard
CH
D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors