STAR*D, A Landmark Depression Study Releases Results

... The results of the "Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression" (STAR*D) study are being released in the January 2006 edition of the American Journal Of Psychiatry (AJP), a monthly psychiatric journal of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The AJP article, Evaluation of Outcomes With Citalopram for Depression Using Measurement-Based Care in STAR*D: Implications for Clinical Practice, finds that only 30 percent of chronically depressed patients achieve remission during initial treatment with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram... click link for more info. ...