What do we know about long-term treatment outcomes for severe depressive disorders?
In a recent issue of BJPsych Open, McPherson & Hengartner (see https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.65) reviewed 11 trials examining psychological and pharmacological treatment outcomes for chronic or treatment-resistant depression.They concluded that when assessed in the long term, antidepressants become less effective whereas psychological therapies