Differences between minimally depressed patients who do and do not consider themselves to be in remission

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1134-1138

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b   McGlinchey, Joseph B ^a   Posternak, Michael A ^a   Friedman, Michael ^a   Boerescu, Daniela ^a   Attiullah, Naureen ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bayside Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION;

EID: 26644454150     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v66n0908     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Hamilton M. A rating scale for depression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960;23:56-62
2. Paykel ES, Ramana R, Cooper Z, et al. Residual symptoms after partial remission: an important outcome in depression. Psychol Med 1995;25:1171-1180
3. Van London L, Molenaar RP, Goekoop JG, et al. Three- to 5-year prospective follow-up of outcome in major depression. Psychol Med 1998;28:731-735
4. Pintor L, Gasto C, Navarro V, et al. Relapse of major depression after complete and partial remission during a 2-year follow-up. J Affect Disord 2003;73:237-244
5. Thase ME, Simons AD, McGeary J, et al. Relapse after cognitive behavior therapy of depression: potential implications for longer courses of treatment. Am J Psychiatry 1992;149:1046-1052
6. Ballenger JC. Clinical guidelines for establishing remission in patients with depression and anxiety. J Clin Psychiatry 1999;60(suppl 22):29-34
7. Nierenberg AA, Wright EC. Evolution of remission as the new standard in treatment of depression. J Clin Psychiatry 1999;60:7-11
8. Ferrier IN. Treatment of major depression: is improvement enough? J Clin Psychiatry 1999;60(suppl 6):10-14
9. Rush AJ, Crismon ML, Toprac MG, et al. Consensus guidelines in the treatment of major depressive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 1998;59 (suppl 20):73-84
10. Rush A, Trivedi M. Treating depression to remission. Psychiatr Ann 1995;25:704-709
11. Stahl SM. Why settle for silver, when you can go for gold? response vs recovery as the goal of antidepressant therapy [BRAINSTORMS]. J Clin Psychiatry 1999;60:213-214
12. Thase ME. Evaluating antidepressant therapies: remission as the optimal outcome. J Clin Psychiatry 2003;64(suppl 13):18-25
13. Zimmerman M, Coryell W, Pfohl B. The treatment validity of DSM-III melancholic subtyping. Psychiatry Res 1985;16:37-43
14. Keller M. Past, present, and future directions for defining optimal treatment outcome in depression. JAMA 2003;289:3152-3160
15. Frank E, Prien R, Jarrett R, et al. Conceptualization and rationale for consensus definitions of terms in major depressive disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1991;48:851-855
16. Zimmerman M, Posternak M, Chelminski I. Is the cutoff to define remission on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression too high? J Nerv Ment Dis 2005;193:170-175
17. Judd LL, Akiskal HS, Maser JD, et al. Major depressive disorder: a prospective study of residual subthreshold depressive symptoms as predictor of rapid relapse. J Affect Disord 1998;50:97-108
18. Zimmerman M, Posternak M, Chelminski I. Using a self-report depression scale to identify remission in depressed outpatients. Am J Psychiatry 2004;161:1911-1913
19. First MB, Spitzer RL, Gibbon M, et al. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders, Patient Edition (SCID-I/P, version 2.0). New York, NY: Biometric Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute; 1995
20. Zimmerman M. Integrating the assessment methods of researchers in routine clinical practice: The Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project. In: First M, ed. Standardized Evaluation in Clinical Practice, vol 22. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc; 2003:29-74
21. Guy W. ECDEU Assessment Manual for Psychopharmacology. US Dept Health, Education, and Welfare publication (ADM) 76-338. Rockville, Md: National Institute of Mental Health; 1976:218-222
22. Beck AT, Ward CH, Mendelson M, et al. An inventory for measuring depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1961;4:561-571
23. Fava M. Somatic symptoms, depression, and antidepressant treatment. J Clin Psychiatry 2002;63:305-307
24. Zimmerman M, Chelminski I, Posternak M. A review of studies of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in healthy controls: implications for the definition of remission in treatment studies of depression. J Nerv Ment Dis 2004;192:595-601
25. Zimmerman M, Posternak M, Chelminski I. Implications of using different cutoffs on symptom severity scales to define remission from depression. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2004;19:215-220
26. Brown PJ, Recupero PR, Stout R. PTSD substance abuse comorbidity and treatment utilization. Addict Behav 1995;20:251-254
27. Zimmerman M, McGlinchey J, Posternak M, et al. Remission in depressed outpatients: more than just symptom resolution? Presented at the 158th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association; May 2005; Atlanta, Ga