Healio (5/20, Gramigna) reports, “Patients with major depressive disorder [MDD] were more likely to receive effective treatment if they persisted beyond early unhelpful treatment,” investigators concluded after analyzing “the results of a coordinated series of community epidemiologic surveys of noninstitutionalized adults using 17 WHO World Mental Health surveys, of which eight were conducted in high-income countries and nine in low- and middle-income countries.” The findings were published online May 20 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “‘Trial and error’ treatment approach for major depressive disorder has pros and cons, experts say, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, May 20, 2020