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ReviewThe American journal of the medical sciences2011

A primary care focus on the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder.

Karen Weihs, Jonathan M Wert

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Review in The American journal of the medical sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen WeihsPsychoOncology Services, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. weihs@email.arizona.edu
Jonathan M Wert
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Emotion Regulation and Depression in Breast Cancer SurvivorshipR01CA133081 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI STANTON, ANNETTE L, WEIHS, KAREN L. · 2009 to 2014
$2.9M
FAMILY COPING AND BREAST CANCER PROGRESSIONK20MH000906 · NIMH · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WEIHS, KAREN L · 1991 to 1995
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA133081NIMH NIH HHS K20 MH000906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric illness affecting nearly 20% of adults in the United States at least once during their lifetime. MDD is frequently diagnosed and treated in the primary care setting. Management of the disease may be complicated by patients and family members feeling stigmatized by the diagnosis and not understanding that depression is a treatable medical illness, which, in turn, fosters low rates of adherence to treatment recommendations. Incomplete or delayed response to treatment, adverse events associated with antidepressants and medical or psychiatric comorbidities also interfere with optimal depression management. This article presents an overview of diagnostic and treatment guidelines for MDD and focuses on challenges encountered by primary care physicians. The role of antidepressant medications, psychotherapy and nonpharmacologic interventions for the treatment of patients with MDD is described, and factors influencing treatment selection, such as adverse event profiles and patient characteristics, are examined.

Indexed as

AdultAlgorithmsAntidepressive AgentsHumansMajor Depressive DisorderPrimary Health CareUnited StatesAntidepressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID21642822
PMCPMC3170663
OpenAlexW2001662032

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