Background: Few prospective studies of course for first admission depressives are reported.
Methods: One hundred consecutive depressed inpatients were followed prospectively over …

Outcome studies of patients suffering from depression indicate high relapse rates and a
tendency towards chronicity. The present study describes the long-term outcome of 95 …

This paper reports the course with respect to remission and relapse of a cohort of
predominantly in-patient RDC major depressive subjects, who were followed at 3-monthly …

OBJECTIVE: Predicting treatment outcome at an early stage is clinically relevant. The main
objectives are: to compare rates of remission after acute and continuation phase treatment …

Many individuals treated for depression suffer relapse or recurrence after treatment. Known
risk factors include number of previous depressive episodes and residual symptoms after …

Background: Rates of relapse and predictive relapse factors were studied over more than 4
years in a sample of Spanish outpatients with DSM-III-R criteria for unipolar major …

Background. Depression is a remitting but recurring disease. However, there is a paucity of
prospectively recorded data on the course of depression after recovery. Method. A multi …

Objective: The authors sought to determine whether symptoms experienced by formerly
depressed patients after at least 8 weeks of remission can be used to identify their risk for …

Background: Major depressive disorder is often marked by repeated episodes of
depression. We describe recovery from major depession across multiple mood episodes in …

Objective: Consensus operational definitions for symptomatic remission and recovery of a
major depressive episode have been proposed but only irregularly followed. Method: We …