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The superiority of antidepressant medication to cognitive behavior therapy in melancholic depressed patients: a 12-week single-blind randomized study

  1. G. Parker1,*,
  2. B. Blanch1,2,
  3. A. Paterson1,
  4. D. Hadzi-Pavlovic1,2,
  5. E. Sheppard2,
  6. V. Manicavasagar1,2,
  7. H. Synnott2,
  8. R. K. Graham1,
  9. P. Friend2,
  10. D. Gilfillan2,
  11. T. Perich1

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1111/acps.12049

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Parker G, Blanch B, Paterson A, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Sheppard E, Manicavasagar V, Synnott H, Graham RK, Friend P, Gilfillan D, Perich T. The superiority of antidepressant medication to cognitive behavior therapy in melancholic depressed patients: a 12-week single-blind randomized study.

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

  2. 2

    Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia

* Gordon Parker, Black Dog Institute Building, Hospital Rd, Randwick, 2031, Australia.
E-mail: g.parker@unsw.edu.au

  1. Corrections added to the Results section on 6 February 2013, after first online publication: the percentage improvement in HAM-D scores was changed from 61.1% vs. 34.4% to 59.5% vs. 32.5%; NNT of 3.7 was changed to NNT of 3.9 and NNT of 2.8 was changed to NNT of 3.3.

Publication History

  1. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2012
  2. Manuscript Accepted: 22 OCT 2012

Funded by

  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Grant Number: 630619

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