Esketamine nasal spray versus quetiapine for treatment-resistant depression

A Reif, I Bitter, J Buyze, K Cebulla, R Frey… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In treatment-resistant depression, commonly defined as a lack of response to
two or more consecutive treatments during the current depressive episode, the percentage …

A critical review of the mechanism of action for the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: do these drugs possess anti-inflammatory properties and how relevant is this …

FR Walker - Neuropharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most widely prescribed
pharmacological treatment for depression. Since their introduction many have considered …

Early response to psychological therapy as a predictor of depression and anxiety treatment outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

JIL Beard, J Delgadillo - Depression and Anxiety, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies indicate that early symptomatic improvement, typically
observed during the first 4 weeks of psychological therapy, is associated with positive …

Brexanolone (SAGE-547 injection) in post-partum depression: a randomised controlled trial

S Kanes, H Colquhoun, H Gunduz-Bruce, S Raines… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Post-partum depression is a serious mood disorder in women that might be
triggered by peripartum fluctuations in reproductive hormones. This phase 2 study …

Patterns of early change and their relationship to outcome and early treatment termination in patients with panic disorder.

W Lutz, SG Hofmann, J Rubel, JF Boswell… - Journal of consulting …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Recently, innovative statistical tools have been used to model patterns of change
in psychological treatments. These tools can detect patterns of change in patient progress …

Pioglitazone adjunctive therapy for moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder: randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

K Sepanjnia, A Modabbernia, M Ashrafi… - …, 2012 - nature.com
Thiazolidinediones have shown antidepressant effect in animal studies, as well as in some
uncontrolled studies evaluating human subjects with concurrent major depressive disorder …

Early improvement is a predictor of treatment outcome in patients with mild major, minor or subsyndromal depression

A Tadić, I Helmreich, R Mergl, M Hautzinger… - Journal of Affective …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There is substantial evidence that early improvement (EI) under
antidepressant treatment is a clinically useful predictor of later treatment outcome in patients …

Brexanolone for postpartum depression: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

W Zheng, DB Cai, K Sim, GS Ungvari, XJ Peng… - Psychiatry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To systematically examine the effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of
brexanolone infusion in treating postpartum depression (PPD). Methods Randomized …

Early switching strategies in antidepressant non-responders: current evidence and future research directions

PA Kudlow, RS McIntyre, RW Lam - CNS drugs, 2014 - Springer
Studies have found that up to two-thirds of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) do
not fully respond to the first antidepressant. While switching antidepressants is a common …

Connectome-based models can predict early symptom improvement in major depressive disorder

Y Ju, C Horien, W Chen, W Guo, X Lu, J Sun… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating mental illness with more than
50% of patients not achieving an adequate response using first-line treatments. Reliable …