Algorithms For Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness

In spite of multiple new treatment options, chronic and treatment refractory courses still are a major challenge in the treatment of depression. Providing algorithm-guided antidepressant treatments is considered an important strategy to optimize treatment delivery and avoid or overcome treatment-resistant courses of major depressive disorder (MDD). The clinical benefits of algorithms in the treatment of inpatients with MDD have been investigated...