Patients with treatment resistant depression at higher risk of death
Patients with treatment resistant depression have a 23 per cent higher risk of death than other depressed patients. They also have twice as much outpatient care and spend three times the number of days in inpatient care. These are findings of a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and elsewhere, who conclude that it is important to identify patients at risk of developing treatment resistant depression.Depression is the leading cause of functional disability the world over. The most common treatments are antidepressants or psychotherapy. Many