Effectiveness of Antidepressants in Combination with Psychotherapy
This study reports the remission rates for the 14 most commonly prescribed single antidepressants (amitriptyline, bupropion, citalopram, desvenlafaxine, doxepin, duloxetine, escitalopram, fluoxetine, mirtazapine, nortriptyline, paroxetine, sertraline, trazodone, and venlafaxine) and a category named "Other" (other antidepressants/combination of antidepressants). The study used robust LASSO regressions to identify factors that affected remission rate and clinicians' selection of antidepressants. The selection bias in observational data was removed through stratification. We organized the data into 16,770 subgroups, of at le...
Source: Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics - April 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Farrokh Alemi Tulay G Soylu Mary Cannon Conor McCandless Source Type: research
Pharmacological interventions to improve sleep in people with Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
CONCLUSION: Although melatonin was the most investigated intervention, the evidence for its efficacy is inconclusive. On the other hand, trazodone and orexin receptor antagonists showed promising results; however, more RCTs are needed for definite answers.PMID:38597219 | DOI:10.1080/14737175.2024.2341004 (Source: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics)
Source: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics - April 10, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Amy Bedward Jasmine Kaur Sadiyah Seedat Holly Donohue Chia Siang Kow Muhammad Kamran Rasheed Amaan Javed Syed Shahzad Hasan Source Type: research
