Combining antidepressants vs antidepressant monotherapy for treatment of patients with acute depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Henssler, D Alexander, G Schwarzer, T Bschor… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Combining antidepressants is frequently done in the treatment of acute
depression, but studies have yielded conflicting results. Objective To conduct a systematic …

Combining antidepressants in acute treatment of depression: a meta-analysis of 38 studies including 4511 patients

J Henssler, T Bschor… - The Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Combining antidepressants (ADs) for therapy of acute depression is frequently
employed, but randomized studies have yielded conflicting results. We conducted a …

Combination of antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FL Rocha, C Fuzikawa, R Riera… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
The objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that
assessed the effect of the combination of antidepressants from the beginning of the …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized, placebo-controlled trials of antidepressants for acute major depression: thirty-year meta-analytic review

J Undurraga, RJ Baldessarini - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2012 - nature.com
Antidepressant–placebo response-differences (RDs) in controlled trials have been
declining, potentially confounding comparisons among older and newer drugs. For clinically …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and …

A Cipriani, TA Furukawa, G Salanti, A Chaimani… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Major depressive disorder is one of the most common, burdensome, and costly
psychiatric disorders worldwide in adults. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological …

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of first-generation and second-generation antidepressants in the acute treatment of major depression: protocol for a network …

TA Furukawa, G Salanti, LZ Atkinson, S Leucht… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Many antidepressants are indicated for the treatment of major depression. Two
network meta-analyses have provided the most comprehensive assessments to date …

Combining pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy or monotherapy for major depression? A meta-analysis on the long-term effects

E Karyotaki, Y Smit, KH Henningsen… - Journal of Affective …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The present meta-analysis aimed to examine to what extent combined
pharmacotherapy with psychotherapy results in a different response to treatment compared …

Metareview on short-term effectiveness and safety of antidepressants for depression: an evidence-based approach to inform clinical practice

A Cipriani, JR Geddes, TA Furukawa… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To examine the available scientific literature for answers to clinically relevant
questions regarding the effectiveness and tolerability of antidepressant drugs (ADs) for the …

Combining medications to enhance depression outcomes (CO-MED): acute and long-term outcomes of a single-blind randomized study

AJ Rush, MH Trivedi, JW Stewart… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Two antidepressant medication combinations were compared with selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor monotherapy to determine whether either combination …

Combining antidepressants for treatment-resistant depression: a review

RW Lam, DDC Wan, NL Cohen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2002 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: Many patients with depression remain poorly responsive to antidepressant
monotherapy. One approach for managing treatment-resistant depression is to combine …