Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Antidepressive Agents / administration & dosage
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Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
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Clinical Protocols
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Comorbidity
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Decision Trees
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Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
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Depressive Disorder / epidemiology
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Depressive Disorder / therapy*
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Family Practice / methods*
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Humans
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Lithium / administration & dosage
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Lithium / therapeutic use
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Prevalence
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Recurrence
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Risk Factors
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Treatment Failure
Substances
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Antidepressive Agents
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Lithium