Defining Remission in Patients Treated With Antidepressants Page 1 3 J Clin Psychiatry
1999;60 (suppl 22) Introduction © Copyright 2000 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. One …

A paradigm shift in the management of depression has transpired in recent years with the
modification of treatment goals toward remission, an outcome that transcends response …

The articles in this “Full remission in depression” section were written with one primary goal:
to help those with major depressive disorders (MDD) achieve and sustain full remission …

Historically, the emphasis in treating depression has been focused on the acute phase of
treatment, with few published data on the continuation and maintenance phases of …

As descriptors for the clinical course and treatment of depressive illness, terms such as
response, remission, and recovery have evolved with our understanding of the disease, yet …

Objective: To review the proposition that antidepressants have a delayed onset of action by
employing measurement and analytic strategies that overcome problems confounding …

Remission rates for patients with major depressive disorder are discouragingly low. Even
when first-line treatment is administered at an adequate dose for a sufficient duration …

Introduction: Goal of Antidepressant Therapy: Response or Remission and Recovery? Page 1 ©
Copyright 2000 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. One personal copy may be printed 3 J Clin …

OBJECTIVE: Although experts in the treatment of depression have suggested that achieving
remission is the primary goal of treatment, questions remain about how remission should be …

M any depressed patients do not remit on antidepressant medication despite an adequate
dosage and a sufficient duration of treatment. 1 This has spawned endeavors to define …