Roger S McIntyre, Mohammad Alsuwaidan, Bernhard T Baune, Michael Berk, Koen Demyttenaere, Joseph F Goldberg, Philip Gorwood, Roger Ho, Siegfried Kasper, Sidney H Kennedy, Josefina Ly-Uson, Rodrigo B Mansur, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, James W Murrough, Charles B Nemeroff, Andrew A Nierenberg, Joshua D Rosenblat, Gerard Sanacora, Alan F Schatzberg, Richard Shelton, Stephen M Stahl, Madhukar H Trivedi, Eduard Vieta, Maj Vinberg, Nolan Williams, Allan H Young, Mario Maj
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is common and associated with multiple serious public health implications. A consensus definition of TRD with demonstrated predictive utility in terms of clinical decision-making and health outcomes does not currently exist. Instead, a plethora of definitions have been proposed, which vary significantly in their conceptual framework. The absence of a consensus definition hampers precise estimates of the prevalence of TRD, and also belies efforts to identify risk factors, prevention opportunities, and effective interventions...
October 2023: World Psychiatry: Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)