Background Pharmacological treatment of depression with antidepressants is well
established, but the desired therapeutic effect may take several weeks to manifest. Few …

Objective: Current clinical knowledge holds that antidepressants have a delayed onset of
efficacy. However, the delayed onset hypothesis has been questioned recently by survival …

Rationale Traditionally, the therapeutic effect of antidepressants is thought to take several
weeks. However, several studies found evidence of early drug response occurring within the …

Objective This study was conducted to analyse the onset of action of antidepressants in
naturalistic conditions. Method Multicenter, prospective, open‐label, non‐comparative …

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this article is to review the literature regarding the
speed of response to antidepressant drugs and potential strategies to accelerate the …

Although various published clinical studies have suggested that some antidepressants may
have a more rapid onset of therapeutic effect than others, none of these trials was …

Early Response to Antidepressant Medications in Adults With... : Journal of Clinical
Psychopharmacology Early Response to Antidepressant Medications in Adults With Major …

Background Few studies have investigated the proportion of patients with depression who
experience worsening of depression symptoms during adequate antidepressant treatment …

Background There is considerable heterogeneity in antidepressant treatment response
across individuals. As people with depression may manifest different symptom profiles, we …

Overall early improvement in depression after commencement of antidepressant treatment
could be associated with subsequent response or remission, but its predictive ability is not …