Clinical factors associated with relapse in primary care patients with chronic or recurrent depression

Because in most patients depression is a relapsing/remitting disorder, finding clinical factors associated with risk of relapse is important. The majority of patients with depression are treated in primary care settings, but few previous studies have examined predictors of relapse in primary care patients with recurrent or chronic depression. Data from a cohort of 386 primary care patients in a clinical trial were analyzed for clinical and...