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Table 2 Psychoactive drugs and other treatments in Sub-threshold Depression (HRDS > 10 without lifetime criteria for Depressive Episode) by sex

From: Sub-threshold depression and antidepressants use in a community sample: searching anxiety and finding bipolar disorder

Treatment

Males

%

Females D

%

Total (males and females)

%

OR (F)

CL 95%

Χ2 1df

P

First-line Antidepressants°

2

6.8

18

16.6

20

14.6

2.7

0.1-96.4

1.05

0.30

Second-line Antidepressants§

1

3.4

6

5.6

7

5.1

1.6

0.1-31.2

0.1

0.98

Benzodiazepines*

7

24.1

33

30.6

40

24.1

1.4

0.2-6.3

0.2

0.66

Homeopathics

1

3.4

3

2.7

4

2.9

0.8

0.3-2.1

0.2

0.68

Psychotherapy

3

10.3

10

9.2

13

9.5

0.9

0.4-2.0

0.1

0.86

  1. °SSRI, TCA, IMAO, SNRI, NaSSA, bupriopion; § low-dosage benzamides, low-dosage quetiapine, trazodone, nefazodone, Adenosin-methionine, Hypericum Perforatum