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Article: Drugs Plus Therapy Often Indicated in Depression.
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: What Experts Do Before Study Results Are In
Drugs or psychotherapy? The question of which to use first in the treatment of depression has been around for more than a decade since multicenter studies first found the two approaches comparable--at least in mild to moderate cases. Drawing on accumulating research, the American Psychiatric Association's revised Treatment Recommendations for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder have endorsed a third option: not one or the other but both.
Should combined treatment become the modality of choice? According to Dr. Michael Thase, professor of psychiatry at the University of ...