OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Patients with depression who received effective medication or combinations of medications reached remission, but when more steps were required to determine an effective treatment patients experienced lower acute remission rates and higher relapse rates. Patients who required more treatment steps tended to have more severe depressive symptoms and more co-existing psychiatric and general medical problems than patients who achieved remission with just one treatment. In addition to more broadly effective treatments, studies are needed to identify the best multi-step treatment sequences for individual patients. These are . . .

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Patients with depression who received effective medication or combinations of medications reached remission, but when more steps were required to determine an effective treatment patients experienced lower acute remission rates and higher relapse rates. Patients who required more treatment steps tended to have more severe depressive symptoms and more co-existing psychiatric and general medical problems than patients who achieved remission with just one treatment. In addition to more broadly effective treatments, studies are needed to identify the best multi-step treatment sequences for individual patients. These are . . .