How long should a trial of escitalopram treatment be in patients with major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder or social anxiety disorder? An exploration of the randomised controlled trial database

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Baldwin ◽  
Dan J. Stein ◽  
Ornah T. Dolberg ◽  
Borwin Bandelow
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Generalised Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Randomised Controlled

scholarly journals Symptoms of social anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder: A network perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 243 ◽  
pp. 531-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia K. Langer ◽  
Natasha A. Tonge ◽  
Marilyn Piccirillo ◽  
Thomas L. Rodebaugh ◽  
Renee J. Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depressive

Acute and one-year outcome of a randomised controlled trial of brief cognitive therapy for major depressive disorder in primary care

1997 ◽  
Vol 171 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Scott ◽  
Mary Jane Tacchi ◽  
Roger Jones ◽  
Jan Scott
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Randomised Controlled

BackgroundThe consensus statement on the treatment of depression (Paykel & Priest, 1992) advocates the use of cognitive therapy techniques as an adjunct to medication.MethodThis paper describes a randomised controlled trial of brief cognitive therapy (BCT) plus ‘treatment as usual’ versus treatment as usual in the management of 48 patients with major depressive disorder presenting in primary care.ResultsAt the end of the acute phase, significantly more subjects (P < 0.05) met recovery criteria in the intervention group (n=15) compared with the control group (n=8). When initial neuroticism scores were controlled for, reductions in Beck Depression Inventory and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores favoured the BCT group throughout the 12 months of follow-up.ConclusionsBCT may be beneficial, but given the time constraints, therapists need to be more rather than less skilled in cognitive therapy. This, plus methodological limitations, leads us to advise caution before applying this approach more widely in primary care.

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