General
Cassano GB, Rucci P, Frank E, Fagiolini A, Dell’Osso L, Shear MK, Kupfer DJ: The mood spectrum in unipolar and bipolar disorder: arguments for a unitary approach. Am J Psychiatry 2004; 161:1264–1269
Fagiolini A, Kupfer DJ: Is treatment-resistant depression a unique subtype of depression? Biol Psychiatry 2003; 53:640–648
Fava M: Diagnosis and definition of treatment-resistant depression. Biol Psychiatry 2003; 53:649–659
Fava M, Rankin MA, Wright EC, Alpert JE, Nierenberg AA, Pava J, Rosenbaum JF: Anxiety disorders in major depression. Compr Psychiatry 2000; 41:97–102
Fochtmann LJ, Gelenberg AJ: Guideline Watch: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder, 2nd Edition. Arlington, Va, American Psychiatric Association, 2005
Judd LL, Akiskal HS, Zeller PJ, Paulus M, Leon AC, Maser JD, Endicott J, Coryell W, Kunovac JL, Mueller TI, Rice JP, Keller MB: Psychosocial disability during the long-term course of unipolar major depressive disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2000; 57:375–380
Kendler KS, Gardner CO, Prescott CA: Toward a comprehensive developmental model for major depression in women. Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159:1133–1145
Matthews JD, Fava M: Risk of suicidality in depression with serotonergic antidepressants. Ann Clin Psychiatry 2000; 12:43–50
Papakostas GI, Petersen T, Mahal Y, Mischoulon D, Nierenberg AA, Fava M: Quality of life assessments in major depressive disorder: a review of the literature. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2004; 26:13–17
Rapaport MH, Judd LL, Schettler PJ, Yonkers KA, Thase ME, Kupfer DJ, Frank E, Plewes JM, Tollefson GD, Rush AJ: A descriptive analysis of minor depression. Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159:637–643
Simon NM, Smoller JW, Fava M, Sachs G, Racette SR, Perlis R, Sonawalla S, Rosenbaum JF: Comparing anxiety disorders and anxiety-related traits in bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. J Psychiatr Res 2003; 37:187–192
Yeung A, Chang D, Gresham RL Jr, Nierenberg AA, Fava M: Illness beliefs of depressed Chinese American patients in primary care. J Nerv Ment Dis 2004; 192:324–327
Treatment, course, and outcome
Bettinger TL, Crismon ML, Trivedi MH, Grannemann B, Shon SP: Clinicians’ adherence to an algorithm for pharmacotherapy of depression in the Texas public mental health sector. Psychiatr Serv 2004; 55:703–705
Cassano P, Fava M: Tolerability issues during long-term treatment with antidepressants. Ann Clin Psychiatry 2004; 16:15–25
Dunner DL: Duration of periods of euthymia in patients with dysthymic disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1999;156:1992–1993
Fava M, Schmidt ME, Zhang S, Gonzales J, Raute NJ, Judge R: Treatment approaches to major depressive disorder relapse. Part 2: reinitiation of antidepressant treatment. Psychother Psychosom 2002; 71:195–199
Garfield P, Kent A, Paykel ES, Creighton FJ, Jacobson RR: Outcome of postpartum disorders: a 10-year follow-up of hospital admissions. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2004; 109:434–439
Geddes JR, Carney SM, Davies C, Furukawa TA, Kupfer DJ, Frank E, Goodwin GM: Relapse prevention with antidepressant drug treatment in depressive disorders: a systematic review. Lancet 2003; 361(9358):653–661
Gelenberg AJ, Shelton RC, Crits-Christoph P, Keller MB, Dunner DL, Hirschfeld RM, Thase ME, Russell JM, Lydiard RB, Gallop RJ, Todd L, Hellerstein DJ, Goodnick PJ, Keitner GI, Stahl SM, Halbreich U, Hopkins HS: The effectiveness of St. John’s wort in major depressive disorder: a naturalistic phase 2 follow-up in which nonresponders were provided alternate medication. J Clin Psychiatry 2004; 65:1114–1119
George MS, Wassermann EM, Kimbrell TA, Little JT, Williams WE, Danielson AL, Greenberg BD, Hallett M, Post RM: Mood improvement following daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression: a placebo-controlled crossover trial. Am J Psychiatry 1997; 154:1752–1756
Husain MM, Rush AJ, Fink M, Knapp R, Petrides G, Rummans T, Biggs MM, O’Connor K, Rasmussen K, Litle M, Zhao W, Bernstein HJ, Smith G, Mueller M, McClintock SM, Bailine SH, Kellner CH: Speed of response and remission in major depressive disorder with acute electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A Consortium for Research in ECT (CORE) report. J Clin Psychiatry 2004; 65:485–491
Iosifescu DV, Nierenberg AA, Alpert JE, Papakostas GI, Perlis RH, Sonawalla S, Fava M: Comorbid medical illness and relapse of major depressive disorder in the continuation phase of treatment. Psychosomatics 2004; 45:419–425
Iosifescu DV, Nierenberg AA, Alpert JE, Smith M, Bitran S, Dording C, Fava M: The impact of medical comorbidity on acute treatment in major depressive disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2003; 160:2122–2127
Jick H, Kaye JA, and Jick SS: Antidepressants and the risk of suicidal behaviors. JAMA 2004; 292:338–343
Jindal RD, Thase ME: Treatment of insomnia associated with clinical depression. Sleep Med Rev 2004; 8:19–30
Jindal RD, Thase ME: Integrating psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy to improve outcomes among patients with mood disorders. Psychiatr Serv 2003; 54:1484–1490
Judd LL, Paulus MJ, Schettler PJ, Akiskal HS, Endicott J, Leon AC, Maser JD, Mueller T, Solomon DA, Keller MB: Does incomplete recovery from first lifetime major depressive episode herald a chronic course of illness? Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:1501–1504
Karp JF, Buysse DJ, Houck PR, Cherry C, Kupfer DJ, Frank E: Relationship of variability in residual symptoms with recurrence of major depressive disorder during maintenance treatment. Am J Psychiatry 2004; 161:1877–1884
Katon W, Russo J, Frank E, Barrett J, Williams JW Jr, Oxman T, Sullivan M, Cornell J: Predictors of nonresponse to treatment in primary care patients with dysthymia. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2002; 24:20–27
Keller MB, Mccullough JP, Klein DN, Arnow B, Dunner DL, Gelenberg AJ, Markowitz JC, Nemeroff CB, Russell JM, Thase ME, Trivedi MH, Zajecka J, Blalock JA, Borian FE, Jody DN, Debattista C, Koran LM, Schatzberg AF, Fawcett J, Hirschfeld RMA, Keitner G, Miller I, Kocsis JH, Kornstein SG, Manber R, Ninan PT, Rothbaum B, Rush AJ, Vivian D, Rothbaum B: A comparison of nefazodone, the cognitive behavioral-analysis system of psychotherapy, and their combination for the treatment of chronic depression. N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1462–1470
Kennedy N, Abbott R, Paykel ES: Longitudinal syndromal and sub-syndromal symptoms after severe depression: 10-year follow-up study. Br J Psychiatry 2004; 184:330–336
Kennedy N, Paykel ES: Residual symptoms at remission from depression: impact on long-term outcome. J Affect Disord 2004; 80:135–144
Kornstein SG, Schatzberg AF, Thase ME, Yonkers KA, Mccullough JP, Keitner GI, Gelenberg AJ, Davis SM, Harrison WM, Keller MB: Gender differences in treatment response to sertraline versus imipramine in chronic depression. Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:1445–1452
Lenze EJ, Dew MA, Mazumdar S, Begley AE, Cornes C, Miller MD, Imber SD, Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Reynolds CF 3rd: Combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy as maintenance treatment for late-life depression: effects on social adjustment. Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159:466–468
Leon AC, Solomon DA, Mueller TI, Endicott J, Rice JP, Maser JD, Coryell W, Keller MB: A 20-year longitudinal observational study of somatic antidepressant treatment effectiveness. Am J Psychiatry 2003; 160:727–733
March J, Silva S, Petrycki S, Curry J, Wells K, Fairbank J, Burns B, Domino M, McNulty S, Vitiello B, Severe J; Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) Team: Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression: Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2004; 292:807–820
Moller HJ, Demyttenaere K, Sacchetti E, Rush AJ, Montgomery SA: Improving the chance of recovery from the short- and long-term consequences of depression. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2003; 18:219–225
Montgomery SA, Baldwin DS, Riley A: Antidepressant medications: a review of the evidence for drug-induced sexual dysfunction. J Affect Disord 2002; 69:119–140
Mueller TI, Kohn R, Leventhal N, Leon AC, Solomon D, Coryell W, Endicott J, Alexopoulos GS, Keller MB: The course of depression in elderly patients. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2004; 12:22–29
Musselman DL, Lawson DH, Gumnick JF, Manatunga AK, Penna S, Goodkin RS, Greiner K, Nemeroff CB, Miller AH: Paroxetine for the prevention of depression induced by high-dose interferon alfa. N Engl J Med 2001; 344:961–966
Nemeroff CB, Heim CM, Thase ME, Klein DN, Rush AJ, Schatzberg AF, Ninan PT, McCullough JP Jr, Weiss PM, Dunner DL, Rothbaum BO, Kornstein S, Keitner G, Keller MB: Differential responses to psychotherapy versus pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic forms of major depression and childhood trauma. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003; 100:14293–14296
Nierenberg AA: Predictors of response to antidepressants: general principles and clinical implications. Psychiatr Clin North Am 2003; 26:345–352
Papakostas GI, Petersen T, Pava J, Masson E, Worthington JJ 3rd, Alpert JE, Fava M, Nierenberg AA: Hopelessness and suicidal ideation in outpatients with treatment-resistant depression: prevalence and impact on treatment outcome. J Nerv Ment Dis 2003; 191:444–449
Reynolds CF, Frank E, Perel JM, Imber SD, Cornes C, Miller MD, Mazumdar S, Houck PR, Dew MA, Stack JA, Pollock BG, Kupfer DJ: Nortriptyline and interpersonal psychotherapy as maintenance therapies for recurrent major depression: a randomized controlled trial in patients older than 59 years. JAMA 1999; 281:39–45
Rothschild AJ: Challenges in the treatment of depression with psychotic features. Biol Psychiatry 2003; 53:680–690
Rush AJ, Fava M, Wisniewski SR, Lavori PW, Trivedi MH, Sackeim HA, Thase ME, Nierenberg AA, Quitkin FM, Kashner TM, Kupfer DJ, Rosenbaum JF, Alpert J, Stewart JW, McGrath PJ, Biggs MM, Shores-Wilson K, Lebowitz BD, Ritz L, Niederehe G; STAR*D Investigators Group. Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D): rationale and design. Control Clin Trials 2004; 25:119–142
Rush AJ, Trevedi M, Carmody TJ, Biggs MM, Shores-Wilson K, Ibrahim H, Crismon ML: One year clinical outcomes of depressed public sector outpatients: a benchmark for subsequent studies. Biological Psychiatry 2004; 56:46–53
Sackeim HA, Rush AJ, George MS, Marangell LB, Husain MM, Nahas Z, Johnson CR, Seidman S, Giller C, Haines S, Simpson RK Jr, Goodman RR: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for treatment-resistant depression: efficacy, side effects, and predictors of outcome. Neuropsychopharmacology 2001; 25:713–728
Scott J, Teasdale JD, Paykel ES, Johnson AL, Abbott R, Hayhurst H, Moore R, Garland A: Effects of cognitive therapy on psychological symptoms and social functioning in residual depression. Br J Psychiatry 2000; 177:440–446
Segal ZV, Pearson JL, Thase ME: Challenges in preventing relapse in major depression. Report of a National Institute of Mental Health Workshop on state of the science of relapse prevention in major depression. J Affect Disord 2003; 77:97–108
Solomon DA, Keller MB, Leon AC, Mueller TI, Lavori PW, Shea MT, Coryell W, Warshaw M, Turvey C, Maser JD, Endicott J: Multiple recurrences of major depressive disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:229–233
Thase ME: Comparing the methods used to compare antidepressants. Psychopharmacol Bull 2002; 36(suppl 1):1–17