Depression care trajectories and associations with subsequent depressive episode: a registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study)
Our findings suggest that long-term antidepressant treatment of patients with recurrent depressive episodes may prevent subsequent depression episodes. However, this finding needs to be confirmed through studies that take into account the severity of depression.
Authors
- Sabine Ruths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0240-4047)
- Valborg Baste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-9747)
- Tone Smith‐Sivertsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-7964)
- Inger Haukenes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-637X)
- Øystein Hetlevik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-3426)
- Sharline Riiser
Institutions
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- NORCE Research AS (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02825-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44
Funders
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Norges Forskningsråd
- Fonden for Almen Praksis