From Mad in Finland: Treatment resistance means that a person’s condition and illness are interpreted as such that “standard, properly implemented” treatment has not helped to eliminate symptoms. In psychiatry, for example, treatment-resistant depression is defined as depression that has not been “halved” (however calculated) during treatment with two different drugs. This type of depression interpreted as treatment-resistant is therefore a fairly common and common condition. Very many people who are using or have used antidepressants have had several different medications. According to Duodecim, this type of treatment-resistant depression is usually treated too passively (i.e. not at all) and doctors are recommended to prescribe different drug combinations, shock treatments and even psychotherapy to such patients more actively.
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