| Abstract: | Reports an error in "Testosterone supplementation for depressed men: Current research and suggested treatment guidelines" by Gen Kanayama, Revital Amiaz, Stuart Seidman and Harrison G. Pope Jr. (Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2007Dec], Vol 156], 529-538). In the "Recent Studies" section (pp. 531-532), citations to Pope and Katz (2003) should have been to Pope, Kanayama, Cohane, Siegel, and Hudson (2003) to reflect the following source, which was omitted from the reference list: "Pope, H. G., Jr., Kanayama, G., Cohane, G., Siegel, A., & Hudson, J. I. (2003). Testosterone gel supplementation for men with refractory depression: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 105-111". (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2007-18976-003.) Several lines of accumulating evidence suggest that testosterone might be effective for the treatment of depression, especially in older men who exhibit low testosterone levels. However, despite the potential promise of this approach, the available literature of controlled studies of testosterone in depression remains extremely limited. Therefore, testosterone treatment of depression must still be considered an experimental procedure. At the present state of research, it appears that testosterone might most likely show benefit as an augmentation strategy in men who exhibit low or borderline testosterone levels and who show only a partial response to conventional antidepressants. In this article, we provide some suggested practical guidelines for the treatment of such individuals. However, it should be recognized that these suggestions are tentative and will likely require revision as additional data become available. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
