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Comparison of Pharmacological Treatment Response between Situational and Non-situational Depressions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael J. Garvey ,
Charles B. Schaffer  and
V. B. Tuason
Charles B. Schaffer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota at St Paul Ramsey Medical Center, 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, MN 55101, USA
V. B. Tuason
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota at St Paul Ramsey Medical Center, 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, MN 55101, USA
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Summary

Fifty-one patients with a primary major depressive disorder preceded by a stressful environmental event were compared for their response to pharmacological treatment with 75 depressives who experienced no stressful life event before illness episodes. There was no difference between the groups in treatment response rates after four and six weeks of treatment respectively.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 363 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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