A new study examining the results of the STAR*D data has found that people who have “anxious depression” have a more difficult time in treatment than those without. A person with anxious depression experiences a major depressive episode and clinically meaningful levels of anxiety as well. The research examined 2,876 adults who were in treatment for depression in 41 different treatment centers across the U.S. In the first phase of treatment, patients received the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram) to treat their depression.

In the second phase of the study, 1,292 of the patients who didn’t feel significantly less depressed after taking Celexa for up to 14 weeks were then randomly assigned to try a different antidepressant, or to try Celexa combined with another antidepressant.

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