Quality of Life, Functioning, and Depressive Symptom Severity in Older Adults With Major Depressive Disorder Treated With Citalopram in the STAR*D Study.

Objective: Major depressive disorder (MDD) can substantially worsen patient-reported quality of life (QOL) and functioning. Prior studies have examined the role of age in MDD by comparing depressive symptom severity or remission rates between younger and older adults. This study examines these outcomes before and after SSRI treatment.

Virtual Reality and Medical Inpatients: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials.

We evaluated the evidence supporting the use of virtual reality among patients in acute inpatient medical settings. We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials conducted that examined virtual reality applications in inpatient medical settings between 2005 and 2015. We used PsycINFO, PubMed, and Medline databases to identify studies using the keywords , , , and We identified 2,024 citations, among which 11 met criteria for inclusion.