Adherence to Treatment Regimens in Major Depression: Perspectives, Problems, and Progress

The claims of 4312 patients with newly diagnosed major depression, who were members of a large health care organization in the northeastern United States, were studied: 96% of these patients were treated with the newer classes of antidepressants. 19 Adherence in the acute treatment phase was 51%, and this dropped to 42% in the continuation phase of treatment.
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