Duloxetine Treatment in Elderly With Dysthymia

"Patients were evaluated weekly for the first 6 weeks and every two weeks for the next 6 weeks. At 0, 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks, the study psychiatrist completed the Cornell Dysthymia Rating Scale , Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale, and side effect ratings using the Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale. The research rater completed a SCID-P at baseline and the 24-item HAM-D at each visit, and the patient completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II at each visit.~Adverse events: All adverse events and serious adverse events were documented.~The maximum duration of delay before active treatment (medication or psychotherapy) was 1 week.~Dropout: Patients who had a CGI score of 6 or 7 for two weeks during the second half of the study were dropped by the investigator from the trial."