Medication Treatment for Depression in Nursing Home Residents

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will examine therapeutic and adverse effects of continuing versus discontinuing antidepressant medication in nursing home residents who have had no more than a single episode of depression and who no longer have depressive symptoms.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Treatments: Antidepressive Agents

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Current use of antidepressant medication

• Have been in remission from first episode of depression for 6 months or longer

• Currently residing in a long term care or assisted living facility

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bedridden

• Severe cognitive impairment