Table 3.

Recommendations of the Workgroup for Further Research

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Study design

• Study any acute mood episode with the same broad protocol

• Anxiety and psychotic symptoms should also be assessed

• Assessment of neurocognitive function in long-term studies

• Assessment of disability and social and occupational functioning and quality of life

• Adequate duration of studies

• Separate studies of both enriched and nonenriched samples in maintenance studies

• Studies focusing on mixed depression

Proposed template for a standardized reporting of the results (see appendix)