MedPage Today (5/20, Monaco) reports, “Self-reported questionnaire data predicted difficult-to-treat depression, even in patients who weren’t considered treatment-resistant, observational data showed.” Investigators found, “in a sample of 550 hospitalized patients – including those who had or had not failed multiple trials of antidepressant medications – higher scores on the Difficult-to-Treat Depression Questionnaire (DTDQ) correlated with Remission from Depression Questionnaire (RDQ) total discharge scores (r=0.28).” The data indicated that “every RDQ subscale measure correlated with DTDQ scores.” The findings were presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.
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