The naturalistic course of unipolar major depression in the absence of somatic therapy

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 324-329

  Posternak, Michael A ^a,d   Solomon, David A ^a   Leon, Andrew C ^b   Mueller, Timothy I ^a   Shea, M Tracie ^a   Endicott, Jean ^c   Keller, Martin B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Bayside Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Major depression; Natural course; Untreated

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744551537     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000217820.33841.53     Document Type: Article

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