Treating Depression to Remission

Abstract
Psychiatric Annals | Classically, the treatment of depression has been divided into three phases: (1) acute, which aims at symptom remission, (2) continuation, which aims at preventing a return of the most recent episode (relapse); and, (3) maintenance, which aims at preventing the onset of a new episode (recurrence).1,2The longer term poor outcomes often found in follow-up studies may reflect a substantial