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Long-term outcome of treatment-resistant depression in older adults
A Stoudemire1, C D Hill, R Morris
1Medical Psychiatric Unit, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Seventeen elderly patients with treatment-resistant depression were reassessed 15 months and 4 years after treatment with an antidepressant agent or ECT. At 15 months 47% (seven of 15) were clinically improved, and at the 4-year follow-up 71% (10 of 14) were improved. These results indicate that treatment-resistant depression may improve over time because of either the natural course of the illness or persistent treatment efforts.