Background. There is increasing literature on the unsatisfactory degree of remission that
current therapeutic strategies yield in unipolar depression. The aims of this review were to …

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 …

The goal of treatment of major depression should be full remission. Many patients, however,
fail to achieve or maintain symptom-free status. Residual depressive symptoms are …

Partial remission from depression, with residual symptoms, is an important problem in
depression. This paper reviews the frequency and features of this outcome, and its …

The longer term poor outcomes often found in follow-up studies may reflect a substantial
percentage of patients with residual symptoma-tology following suboptimal acute phase …

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 …

Although antidepressants are effective, no more than one third of the depressed patients
who begin treatment achieve full remission within 8 weeks of therapy. Remission, defined as …

The current definition of remission from major depressive disorder does not fully take into
account all aspects of patient recovery. Residual symptoms of depression are very common …

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 …

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 …