Beliefs about the causes of depression and recovery and their impact on adherence, dosage, and successful tapering of antidepressants.

Background: Continuation of antidepressant medication (ADM) after remission is widely used to prevent depressive relapse/recurrence. Little is known about predictors of ADM use in terms of adherence, dosage, and successful tapering. The current study aimed to explore beliefs about the causes of depression and recovery (i.

Prediction of recurrence in recurrent depression: a 5.5-year prospective study.

Objective: Depression is a disease with high recurrence rates. Identifying predictors of recurrence and their relative importance in patients with recurrent depression is important for a better understanding of the course of this disease. This type of knowledge can be used to optimize and tailor preventive strategies of recurrence.

Health related quality of life in recurrent depression: a comparison with a general population sample.

Background: In the acute phase major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling disease. We compared HRQOL in patients with remitted MDD (rMDD) with a community sample and longitudinally assessed the relation between depressive symptoms and HRQOL in recurrently depressed patients.

Methods: We used 12-month data of patients from the Depression Evaluation Longitudinal Therapy Assessment (DELTA) study.

Predictors of nonadherence to continuation and maintenance antidepressant medication in patients with remitted recurrent depression.

Objective: To identify predictors of nonadherence to continuation and maintenance antidepressant medication among patients with remitted recurrent depression.

Method: We used data of 91 remitted, recurrently depressed patients (at least 2 major depressive episodes as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders) treated with continuation and maintenance antidepressant medication in a 2-year prospective study. Patients were recruited at psychiatric centers and through media announcement from February 2000 through September 2000.

Adherence to continuation and maintenance antidepressant use in recurrent depression.

Background: In chronic diseases adherence is a problem. Little is known about adherence to antidepressants after the acute phase in recurrent depression. This study evaluates adherence to antidepressants in the continuation and maintenance phase in remitted recurrently depressed patients.

Continuation and maintenance use of antidepressants in recurrent depression.

Background: Maintenance antidepressant (AD) medication is the most commonly used preventive strategy in a highly recurrent disease, i.e. depression.