1121) Predictors of Response to Antidepressant Treatment in a Cohort of Bangkok Patients.
Author: Ronnachai Kongsakon.
Year: 2006
Source: Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand. Vol.51, No.2, April-June 2006, Page 40.
Objective: To assess the value of commonly elicited and recorded demographic characteristics and clinical data as possible predictors of a therapeutic response to treatment of depression in a Bangkok university hospital. Patients and Methods: After initial screening, 96 outpatients diagnosed on DSM-IV criteria as having depressive disorders by the psychiatrists responsible for their treatment were rated on a Thai version of the Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAM-D (Thai)) before and afte...