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Comparative Study
. 1984 Oct:145:363-5.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.145.4.363.

Comparison of pharmacological treatment response between situational and non-situational depressions

M J Garvey, C B Schaffer, V B Tuason
Comparative Study

Comparison of pharmacological treatment response between situational and non-situational depressions

M J Garvey et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1984 Oct.

Abstract

Fifty-one patients with a primary major depressive disorder preceded by a stressful environmental event were compared for their response to pharmacological treatment with 75 depressives who experienced no stressful life event before illness episodes. There was no difference between the groups in treatment response rates after four and six weeks of treatment respectively.

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