Current trends in the assessment and somatic treatment of resistant/refractory major depression: an overview

MT Berlim, MP Fleck, G Turecki - Annals of medicine, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
A significant proportion of depressed patients eventually present with treatment‐
resistant/refractory major depression (TRD), a debilitating condition that imposes significant …

Definition, assessment, and staging of treatment—resistant refractory major depression: a review of current concepts and methods

MT Berlim, G Turecki - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Up to 15% of depression patients eventually present with treatment-resistant or
refractory depression (TRD), a condition that causes significant social and economic …

What is the meaning of treatment resistant/refractory major depression (TRD)? A systematic review of current randomized trials

MT Berlim, G Turecki - European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To summarize and discuss the conceptual and operational definitions of
treatment resistant/refractory depression (TRD) by systematically reviewing randomized …

Treatment-resistant depression

D Souery, GI Papakostas, MH Trivedi - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - psychiatrist.com
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a common clinical occurrence among patients
treated for major depressive disorder. However, a clear consensus regarding the criteria …

Management of treatment-resistant depression: challenges and strategies

D Voineskos, ZJ Daskalakis… - … disease and treatment, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a subset of Major Depressive Disorder
which does not respond to traditional and first-line therapeutic options. There are several …

The hidden third: improving outcome in treatment-resistant depression

TE Schlaepfer, H Ågren, P Monteleone… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) presents many challenges for both patients and
physicians. This review aims to evaluate the current status of the field of TRD and reflects the …

Therapeutic alternatives for difficult-to-treat depression: a narrative review of the state of the evidence

ME Thase - CNS spectrums, 2004 - cambridge.org
Despite the large number of depressed patients who do not respond to first-line
antidepressants, the evidence base of alternate strategies is quite thin. In this article, a …

[HTML][HTML] Definition of treatment-resistant depression–Asia Pacific perspectives

CH Ng, T Kato, C Han, G Wang, M Trivedi… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The lack of uniformity in the definition of treatment resistant depression (TRD)
within the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region may have implications for patient management. We …

Challenging treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: a roadmap for improved therapeutics

RT de Sousa, MV Zanetti, AR Brunoni… - Current …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a significant burden and costs to the
society. As remission of depressive symptoms is achieved in only one-third of the MDD …

Treatment-resistant depression: prevalence, risk factors, and treatment strategies

ME Thase - The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2011 - psychiatrist.com
Full symptomatic remission is the optimal outcome for patients with major depression.
Unfortunately, initial antidepressant efficacy is limited to partial response for many patients …