Journal article
Treatment Received by Depressed Patients
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.248(15), pp.1848-1855
10/15/1982
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1982.03330150034019
PMID: 6126602
Abstract
We report on the treatment received by 217 patients in the community with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder of at least one month's duration. Only a low proportion of subjects received intensive treatment with antidepressant medication or electroconvulsive therapy, as judged by research standards and current clinical teaching. Specific associations emerge between treatment and several clinical, sociodemographic, and diagnostic variables; however, taken together these variables account for only a small fraction of the variance in treatment received. Even among patient subgroups based on severity and long duration of illness, high proportions did not receive adequate therapeutic trials. Substantial differences are found in treatment across community centers that are not attributable to variation in the clinical characteristics of patients. We conclude that more research is needed to determine how patients and practitioners contribute to this phenomenon of low intensity of somatic treatment.(JAMA 1982;248:1848-1855)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Treatment Received by Depressed Patients
- Creators
- Martin B KellerGerald L KlermanPhilip W LavoriJan A FawcettWilliam CoryellJean Endicott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.248(15), pp.1848-1855
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1982.03330150034019
- PMID
- 6126602
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/15/1982
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003985602771
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