Authors : P. Molavi , M. Faridi , H. Mohammadnia , P. Dailami , R. Arab and F. Derakhshani
Abstract: Depression as a common psychiatric disorder can occurs in two types: Endogenous or genetic and exogenous or reactional. These two types of depression, from the point of view of response speed to treatment and type of appropriate drug for treatment are different. This study has been executed to compare therapeutic effects of different classes of anti-depressant drugs in treatment of genetic and reactional depression. Present survey is a clinical-trial study, a completely randomly block type, that has performed on 30 patients (male and female). Selection of study sample accomplished randomly among unipolar depressed patients that has referred to Ardebil`s psychiatry clinic diagnosed on the basis of DSM-IV criteria. Researcher - edited questionnaire and Beck and Catelle depression test were used to collect data. To analyze data, for completely randomal blokal designs, two-factor variance analysis method and F test were used. This study showed that genetical depression don`t response treatment Rapidly and its response type isn`t good and persistent. From the point of view of time, reactional depression has a delaying response but it`s response type is good and persistent. Also no difference was observed in efficacy of different classes Of drugs for treatment of these two types of depression. The results of this research showed that there is is no difference between treatment response of two types of depression (genetical and reactional). Also there is no preference in efficacy of different classes of drugs in treatment of these two types of depression.
P. Molavi , M. Faridi , H. Mohammadnia , P. Dailami , R. Arab and F. Derakhshani , 2007. The Comparison Between Therapeutic Effects of Different Classes of Antidepresantdrugs in Treatment of Genetical and Reactional Depression . Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 1: 47-49.