Depression Not Suicidal
- Depression - Suicide and Complications
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Complications
Depression is often chronic, with episodes of recurrence and improvement. About a third of patients with a single episode of major depression will have another episode within 1 year after discontinuing treatment, and more than half will have a recurrence at some point in their lives. Depression is more likely to recur if the first episode was severe or prolonged, or if there have been prior recurrences. To date, even newer antidepressants have failed to achieve permanent remission...
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