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| Residual symptoms in older patients treated for major depression | | Author(s) | Celia F Hybels, David C Steffens, Douglas R McQuoid |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 12, December 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1196-1202 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Symptoms ; Anxiety ; Psychiatric treatment ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In a sample comprising 229 patients with DSM-IV major depression who were participants in the NIMH Mental Health Clinical Research Center at Duke University, symptoms were measured using the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). At 3 months, 86 patients (37.6%) had remitted, or had a MADRS score less than or equal to 9. In the remitted group, the most frequently reported symptoms at 3 months were inner tension and lassitude, while among non-remitters were reported and apparent sadness as well as lassitude and inner tension. In the sample as a whole, the symptoms most likely to be present at baseline but not at 3 months were pessimistic and suicidal thoughts, while the most frequently reported emergent symptoms were reduced appetite and inner tension. Patients were much more likely to no longer have a particular symptom than to acquire a new symptom. Overall, the symptoms present at 3 months were not severe in either group. In older adults treated for major depression, residual symptoms at 3 months may include emergent symptoms as well as persistent symptoms, and are likely to include symptoms of anxiety as well as sadness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060313212 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CT: ENP: LP: 3J: 7T |
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