Use of mood stabilizer drugs in the treatment of major depressive dissorder in an outpatient mental health center

BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and dis-abling psychiatric condition. Antidepressants are cur-rently the mainstay of treatment for depression;however, almost two thirds of patients will fail toachieve remission with initial treatment, as a result, arange of augmentation and combination strategies havebeen used [1].Materials and methodsMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and dis-abling psychiatric condition....