This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of forest environment and therapeutic
program to the patients with major depressive disorder in antidepressant medication. The …

Background: Most patients with depression continue to have symptoms after treatment. It is
well documented that these “residual” symptoms are common and are associated with …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether elderly patients with
psychotic depression differed in long-term outcome from patients with nonpsychotic …

The goals of antidepressant treatment are to induce remission and prevent relapse or
recurrence. While response is the standard criterion applied to comparisons of …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of personality with recurrence of depression in
later life. METHOD: A subsample of 91 subjects from the Longitudinal Aging Study …

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 …

Unipolar depression should be viewed as a chronic illness with multiple phases rather than
as a relapsing-remitting disorder. Incomplete remission from depression is common, with …

This study examined the psychosocial consequences of experiencing major depressive
disorder (MDD). In a 7-year longitudinal study of 496 female adolescents, the authors …

Objective: To underscore the need to attain remission in the treatment of depression, taking
into consideration the appropriate definitions of response and remission, as well as the …

Objectives Although it is well known that recurrence of latelife depression is very common,
little is known about the characteristics of older people who are vulnerable for recurrence. In …