Results from a study aiming to estimate the benefit of medication according to the severity of depressive symptoms have concluded only the most severe cases achieve symptom relief. The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Jan 6th edition) states that, on average, true drug effects are nonexistent to negligible in patients with mild, moderate and even severe baseline symptoms. By contrast, very large effects are seen in patients with very severe symptoms.
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