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9650035

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this naturalistic, longitudinal treatment outcome study was to determine relapse rates in geriatric depression following treatment with antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy in a medical-psychiatric population. Thirty-nine elderly patients (average age 71 years) with unipolar major depression were treated with either antidepressants (AD) or, if resistant to AD treatment, ECT followed by maintenance antidepressants. Patients were monitored over 18 months, and relapse rates were closely determined using the Longitudinal Interval Follow-up Evaluation (LIFE) and the 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Although 90% of patients recovered from their index episode of depression, relapse rates were approximately 29%. These results indicate that in spite of high chances of recovery from geriatric depression, intensive psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic strategies are needed to decrease relapse rates in geriatric depression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0163-8343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Recovery and relapse in geriatric depression after treatment with antidepressants and ECT in a medical-psychiatric population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.