Posted by Glydin on March 23, 2006, at 10:12:16
In reply to Re: New Depression Study ABC News, posted by jerrympls on March 23, 2006, at 1:23:01
When I heard this was hitting the major news, I was intrudged to see what it was all about. I don't think anything new or different was discovered. Augmentation, switching of meds and prolonged times of use have been offered and used as protocols for quite a while. From what I've surmissed, this has not made a great impact on a number of cases.
What I do understand, better than I would like, is the need all scopes of the medical community has for evidenced based practices. Basically, we can take new ideas or old ideas and do a study to prove or disprove or prove the level of effectiveness or ineffectiveness. In this case, I think it was just looking at current practices.
The study, to me, didn't shed any new light - unless a person had not been availed those ideas. I don't know any struggling persons who did not find relief after the failure of a first med trial that have not been offered those strategies...... maybe they are out there, but I don't know them.
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