Abstract

FLORES GUTIERREZ, Enrique Octavio; TERAN CAMARENA, Víctor Andrés  and  GONZALEZ OLVERA, Jorge Julio. Residual symptoms of depression: adjuvant therapies. Salud Ment [online]. 2015, vol.38, n.1, pp.67-75. ISSN 0185-3325.

Residual symptoms of depression (SRD) are those that persist despite a good response to antidepressant drug treatment. They have a high incidence in the psychiatric clinic and are significantly related to a high risk of relapse/recurrence. There are insufficient controlled studies to define a pharmacological treatment for the management of SRD, however, different long-term schemes have proven, nevertheless, that side effects involve a significant limitation. The aim of this review is to investigate and analyze the non-pharmacological treatment options for the management of the SRD. Only four type treatments were found: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Well-being Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Euthymic Therapy. The mentioned psychotherapeutic treatments reported decreased rates in relapse and/or clinimetric decreased in SRD levels.

Keywords : Residual symptoms; depression; partial remission; psychotherapy; non-pharmacological treatment; relapse.

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