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MAINTENANCE THERAPY
Maintenance therapy is important and needed for people suffering from Stress and Stress Related Illnesses :
- Patients with 3 or more Episodes
- Patients with 2 or more of the following risk factors:
- Family history of affective disorders
- History of frequent episodes
- Long duration of individual episodes
- Poor symptom control during continuation of prescription
- Onset after age 60
- Double Depression
- Comorbid anxiety disorders or substance abuse
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE DEPRESSION THERAPY:
- Maintain a high index of suspicion for the presence of depression
- Make remission (the absence of residual symptoms) the goal of treatment
- A combination of treatments with different mechanisms of action may be prescribed when single therapy fails to produce remission
- After remission is obtained, continue treatment for 4 to 9 months for all patients, and even longer for high risk patients (with 4 or more of the risk factors mentioned above)
Please feel free to have a look at the graphical representation of the phases of treatment for major depression. View graphic.
