Psychotherapy or medication for depression? Using individual symptom meta-analyses to derive a Symptom-Oriented Therapy (SOrT) metric for a personalised psychiatry

Abstract Background Antidepressant medication (ADM) and psychotherapy are effective treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD). It is unclear, however, if treatments differ in their effectiveness at the symptom level and whether symptom information can be utilised to inform treatment allocation....

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Published in:	BMC Medicine
Main Authors:	Nils Kappelmann, Martin Rein, Julia Fietz, Helen S. Mayberg, W. Edward Craighead, Boadie W. Dunlop, Charles B. Nemeroff, Martin Keller, Daniel N. Klein, Bruce A. Arnow, Nusrat Husain, Robin B. Jarrett, Jeffrey R. Vittengl, Marco Menchetti, Gordon Parker, Jacques P. Barber, Andre G. Bastos, Jack Dekker, Jaap Peen, Martin E. Keck, Johannes Kopf-Beck
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-06-01
Subjects:	Major depressive disorder Depression symptoms Antidepressant medication Psychotherapy Systematic review Meta-analysis
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01623-9