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Amitriptyline, Perphenazine, and Their Combination in Different Syndromes

Leo E. Hollister, MD; John E. Overall, PhD; Jack Shelton, MD; Veronica Pennington, MD; Isham Kimbell, MD; Merlin Johnson, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1967;17(4):486-493.

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RESEARCH into the nature of depression and its treatment by drugs is hobbled by the fact that depressions do not constitute a single homogeneous entity. The term "depression" is employed to refer to a symptom, a syndrome, or a diagnostic entity.¹ It has been unclear whether so-called antidepressant drugs are to be regarded as specifically effective for treatment of the symptom, syndrome, or diagnostic entity. Our research has led us to the conclusion that it is important to evaluate the potential usefulness of drug treatments in distinct syndromes of depression.

In our series of studies, we began by comparing the therapeutic efficacy of antidepressant drugs among heterogeneous groups of patients whose presenting symptom was predominantly depression of mood. Although it was possible to demonstrate a significant average difference in therapeutic response between a tricyclic antidepressant, imipramine, and placebo, the difference was not striking.² A subsequent study, which . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Palo Alto, Calif; Galveston, Tex; Palo Alto, Calif; Jackson, Miss; Houston; Seattle

From the Veterans Administration Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine (Drs. Hollister and Shelton); Department of Neurology & Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (Dr. Overall); Veterans Administration Hospital, Jackson, Miss (Dr. Pennington); Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston (Dr. Kimbell); and Veterans Administration Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Dr. Johnson).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 16, 1967.

Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, 3801 Junipero Serra Blvd, Palo Alto, Calif 94304 (Dr. Hollister).

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