[Evidence-based treatment of depression: what does the new S3- and national healthcare guideline Unipolar Depression really recommend?].
The paper reflects central recommendations and methodological issues of the new German guidelines for the treatment of depression, as discussed in the article New German Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression - The Central Role of Psychotherapy (Schauenburg et al. 2009). Members of the steering group for these guidelines disagree with the authors' description in several points, especially with reference to the efficacy of pharmacotherapy with antidepressants and psychotherapy, as well as the relationship between both strategies of therapy and their combination in diverse phases of treatment (acute/maintenance). Furthermore, we try to clarify some misunderstandings in matters of the guideline's methodology which arose in the paper cited.
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie, Martinistraße 52 (W26), 20246 Hamburg. m.haerter@uke.de
Martin
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Härter
Christian
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Klesse
Mathias
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Berger
Isaac
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Bermejo
Tom
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Bschor
Jochen
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Gensichen
Timo
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Harfst
Martin
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Hautzinger
Christine
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Kühner
Christoph
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Mundt
Wilhelm
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Niebling
Rainer
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Richter
Holger
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Schulz
Frank
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Schneider
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