Study examines long-term effects of continuation phase cognitive therapy on relapse rate of higher-risk depressive patients

For patients with recurrent major depressive disorder that have undergone acute phase cognitive therapy (CT), continuation phase CT (C-CT) does not appear to have greater preventive effects on relapse compared with patients taking fluoxetine (an antidepressant drug) after treatment is stopped, according to a study by Robin B. Jarrett, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and colleagues...
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