Objectives. To examine the predictive value of early improvement for short‐and long‐term
outcome in the treatment of depressive female inpatients and to explore the influence of …

Objective: The present study investigated gender differences in depressive symptoms during
a naturalistic follow-up for outpatients with major depressive disorder in the National Institute …

Depression is more common in women than in men, particularly during the childbearing
years. Women may present with different depressive symptoms than men and may respond …

Well conducted investigations into the long-term outcome of depressive disorders are rare.
This issue of Psychological Medicine publishes two important papers reporting on different …

Data from patients diagnosed with chronic or double depression, and who participated in a
national multisite study, were examined. This treatment outcome study compared the …

We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the Prevention of Recurrent Episodes of
Depression With Venlafaxine Extended Release (ER) for Two Years (PREVENT) trial to …

Objective: Acute worsening of depression can negatively impact the outcomes of clinical
trials of antidepressants and patient compliance to treatment. We hypothesized that acute …

Background Remission is a common outcome of short-term trials and the main goal of acute
and longterm treatment. The longitudinal stability of remission has rarely been investigated …

Objective: This paper examined sex differences in the short-term course of depression and
assessed the impact of possibly outcome-affecting factors, including sex-specific recall …

Background: Most natural history studies of affective disorders have emphasized the
prediction of eventual recovery. Little is known of changes over time in the immediate …