Antidepressant treatment response: 'I want it all, and I want it now!'†.

Br J Psychiatry

Gin S. Malhi, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, and Associate Director Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Australia; Anne R. Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK; Allan H. Young, Chair of Mood Disorders and Director of Centre for Affective Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.

Published: February 2016

The treatment of depression remains suboptimal, highlighting the need for more effective antidepressants. Traditional drug discovery and development is time-consuming and costly, prompting the need for faster translation of novel therapies into practice. But clinical expediency comes at a cost against which potential benefits need to be considered judiciously.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.176479DOI Listing

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