Clinical Efficacy and Compliance of Mirtazapine in the Treatment of Depression / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy and compliance with a new antidepressant mirtazapine to treat depressive patients.Methods:A open-labeled study was conducted and followed up six months for 60 depressive patients treated with mirtazapine, 62 cases with depression, as a control group, treated with Clomipramine and Fluoxetine, which were assessed by Hamilton Depression Rating Scale(HAMD), Asberg Rating Scale for Side Effects(SERS), Clinical Global Impression(CGI) and Attitudes Questionaire made by ourselves. Results:The group treated with mirtazapine was superior to a control group in aspect of responsive time, early variety of factors in scales, side effects, prescription compliance , treatment attitudes and falling off cases(P