Commentary on STAR*D: a summary and UK perspective.
The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) program attempted to determine whether some treatment sequences are better than others in the management of depression. Application of the findings to UK treatment settings is difficult because depression is an inhomogeneous condition and to regard it as a unitary entity, to which a unitary stratagem can be applied, is possibly misguided.
Hawley
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Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust, Hertfordshire, UK. C.1.Hawley@herts.ac.uk
Fineberg
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D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000191:economics*; D012107:Research Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom
D000928:Antidepressive Agents