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depression: young people often have relapses

DURHAM (mut). Depressed young people need long-term care: For every two people survived after a gloomy depression again.

For most young people with depression may sound surprising again, almost regardless of the therapy. However, the remission has not always long: In a recent study, it was at 47 percent of the participants within five years time to a depressive episode, report U.S. researchers ( Arch Gen Psych online ). increases

In particular, two or three years after an episode the recurrence rate strongly. The researchers therefore encouraged to pay more attention in this time of symptoms. Some meetings behavior therapy for prevention would then be an option.

In the study, nearly 440 young people had about half a year long treatment with fluoxetine, behavioral therapy, both, or placebo received.

Efficacy of treatment was similar in all active treatment groups well: The remission rates were, after nine months at 55 to 60 percent (placebo: 48 percent). Patients without remission on placebo were then switched to active therapy.

The researchers looked at now, what with the participants in the next five Years was done. recovered in that time, virtually all young people from the original episode, but at 57 percent of girls and 33 percent of the guys there were recurrences.

who had responded well to initial treatment, less relapses than in poor responders (43 vs. 68 percent) had. The authors recommend, therefore, change rapidly for lack of success on a different therapy or a combination.