[HTML][HTML] More treatment but no less depression: The treatment-prevalence paradox

J Ormel, SD Hollon, RC Kessler, P Cuijpers… - Clinical psychology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Treatments for depression have improved, and their availability has markedly increased
since the 1980s. Mysteriously the general population prevalence of depression has not …

Tapering of SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms

MA Horowitz, D Taylor - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2019 - thelancet.com
All classes of drug that are prescribed to treat depression are associated with withdrawal
syndromes. SSRI withdrawal syndrome occurs often and can be severe, and might compel …

Sequential combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Guidi, GA Fava - JAMA psychiatry, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The sequential model emerged from the awareness that the persistence of
residual symptoms and the frequent occurrence of psychiatric comorbidity were both …

A method for tapering antipsychotic treatment that may minimize the risk of relapse

MA Horowitz, S Jauhar, S Natesan… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The process of stopping antipsychotics may be causally related to relapse, potentially linked
to neuroadaptations that persist after cessation, including dopaminergic hypersensitivity …

The pursuit of euthymia

GA Fava, J Guidi - World Psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatrists often consider the positive characteristics displayed by a patient in their clinical
judgment, yet current assessment and treatment strategies are shifted on the side of …

The international prevalence of antidepressant use before, during, and after pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of timing, type of prescriptions and …

NM Molenaar, B Bais… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Antidepressant use during pregnancy has increased over the last decades,
while safety has been under debate. Our aim was to measure the international prevalence of …

Continuation of antidepressants vs sequential psychological interventions to prevent relapse in depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis

JJF Breedvelt, FC Warren, Z Segal, W Kuyken… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Depression frequently recurs. To prevent relapse, antidepressant medication is
often taken in the long term. Sequentially delivering a psychological intervention while …

Depression: more treatment but no drop in prevalence: how effective is treatment? And can we do better?

J Ormel, RC Kessler, R Schoevers - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2019 - journals.lww.com
To reduce prevalence, it is essential to narrow the treatment gaps, provide timely
interventions and high-quality treatment, eradicate waiting lists, prescribe antidepressants …

Approaches for discontinuation versus continuation of long‐term antidepressant use for depressive and anxiety disorders in adults

E Van Leeuwen, ML van Driel… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Depression and anxiety are the most frequent indication for which
antidepressants are prescribed. Long‐term antidepressant use is driving much of the …

Blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions: a retrospective study of published trial reports

S Juul, C Gluud, S Simonsen, FW Frandsen… - BMJ evidence-based …, 2021 - ebm.bmj.com
Objectives To study the extent of blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological
interventions and the interpretative considerations if randomised clinical trials are not …