The STAR* D Project results: a comprehensive review of findings

D Warden, AJ Rush, MH Trivedi, M Fava… - Current psychiatry …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression trial enrolled
outpatients with nonpsychotic major depressive disorder treated prospectively in a series of …

Acute and longer-term outcomes in depressed outpatients requiring one or several treatment steps: a STAR* D report

AJ Rush, MH Trivedi, SR Wisniewski… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: This report describes the participants and compares the acute and longer-term
treatment outcomes associated with each of four successive steps in the Sequenced …

Evaluation of outcomes with citalopram for depression using measurement-based care in STAR* D: implications for clinical practice

MH Trivedi, AJ Rush, SR Wisniewski… - American journal of …, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely used to treat
depression, but the rates, timing, and baseline predictors of remission in “real world” patients …

The Work and Social Adjustment Scale: a simple measure of impairment in functioning

JC Mundt, IM Marks, MK Shear… - The British Journal of …, 2002 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPatients' perspectives concerning impaired functioning provide important
information. AimsTo evaluate the reliability and validity of the Work and Social Adjustment …

Sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression (STAR* D): rationale and design

AJ Rush, M Fava, SR Wisniewski, PW Lavori… - Controlled clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
STAR* D is a multisite, prospective, randomized, multistep clinical trial of outpatients with
nonpsychotic major depressive disorder. The study compares various treatment options for …

Standardised rating scales in psychiatry: methodological basis, their possibilities and limitations and descriptions of important rating scales

HJ Möller - The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Standardized rating scales are an important tool to improve the assessment of
psychopathological symptoms in terms of validity and reliability. Especially observer-rated …

STAR* D: revising conventional wisdom

AJ Rush, D Warden, SR Wisniewski, M Fava… - CNS drugs, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The STAR* D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression) study
used a series of sequenced, randomized treatment trials following a first and, if needed …

A Comparison of Lithium and T 3 Augmentation Following Two Failed Medication Treatments for Depression: A STAR*D Report

AA Nierenberg, M Fava, MH Trivedi… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: More than 40% of patients with major depressive disorder do not achieve
remission even after two optimally delivered trials of antidepressant medications. This study …

Cognitive therapy versus medication in augmentation and switch strategies as second-step treatments: a STAR* D report

ME Thase, ES Friedman, MM Biggs… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors compared the effectiveness of cognitive therapy and
pharmacotherapy as second-step strategies for outpatients with major depressive disorder …

The association between work performance and physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity

NP Pronk, B Martinson, RC Kessler… - … of occupational and …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this study was to test the association between lifestyle-related modifiable
health risks (physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity) and work performance …