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Conditioning in the prediction of therapeutic outcome in depressions

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Predictions of clinical responsiveness to tricyclic anti-depressants were studied in 25 depressed patients. A well-preserved external inhibition at the commencement of treatment was found to be the best single indicator of therapeutic success.

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  1. Douglas Hospital, Verdun, Quebec

    T. A. Ban, H. E. Lehmann & A. A. Green

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  1. T. A. Ban
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Supported by Medical Research Council Grant MA 1936. Presented at the meeting of The Pavlovian Society of North America, September 6–7, 1968, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Ban, T.A., Lehmann, H.E. & Green, A.A. Conditioning in the prediction of therapeutic outcome in depressions. Conditional Reflex 4, 115–123 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03000089

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