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Switching depression treatment can help

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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Switching depression treatment can help

Depressed individuals who fail to respond to initial treatment with an antidepressant or psychotherapy may do better if they are switched to the alternative treatment, new study findings suggest.

“Surprisingly few studies have evaluated the role of medication following nonresponse to psychotherapy,” the authors of the study say and “none has evaluated the efficacy of psychotherapy following nonresponse to medication.”

Dr. Alan F. Schatzberg, at Stanford University in California, and associates followed 140 patients who failed initial treatment with the antidepressant Serzone (nefazodone) or cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. Thirty patients dropped out of the study. Patients were crossed over from Serzone to psychotherapy or from psychotherapy to Serzone.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 9 May 2005
    Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.

APA Reference
Grohol, J. (2005). Switching depression treatment can help. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 13, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/05/09/switching-depression-treatment-can-help/

 

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