Initial drugs don't work for 48% of depressed people

More children and young people are coming for visits to assess their need for help. Access to mental health services will also be made easier by a therapy guarantee starting in May.

"There is nothing like Janus. There is no treatment that is made for my group," says Eden Frost Kjartansbur, who has attended Janus's vocational rehabilitation. It was there that she took her first steps out of severe isolation and back into life. Janus vocational rehabilitation has provided young people with mental health problems with comprehensive multidisciplinary services in recent years. The facility will close this summer as the contract …

Initial drugs don't work for 48% of depressed people

A new study has found that antidepressant resistance is more common than was thought: 48% of people with depression have tried at least two medications without effect, while 37% have tried four or more. It suggests the need for an urgent rethink of the current approach to treating depression.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Depression, antidepressant, Treatment resistance, University of Birmingham