Patent ID: 7973043

Claim:
A method for treatment of a patient suffering from major depressive disorder, the said method comprising administering to said patient at a time selected from the group consisting of, as an initial treatment, as soon as possible and upon presentation of said patient to a physician or other health care provider an effective amount of an antidepressant, wherein said antidepressant is selected from the group consisting of serotonin reuptake inhibitors, selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, combined action SSRI/SNRI, serotonin-2 antagonist/reuptake inhibitors, an antidepressant with alpha-2 antagonism plus serotonin-2 and serotonin-3 antagonism, an antidepressant with serotonin/norepinephrine/dopamine reuptake inhibition, an antidepressant with norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibition, 5-HT-1alpha antagonist, 5-HT-1beta antagonist, 5-HT1A receptor agonists, 5-HT1A receptor agonists and antagonists, 5-HT2 receptor antagonists, viloxazine hydrochloride, dehydroepiandosterone, NMDA receptor antagonists, AMPA receptor potentiators, substance P antagonists/ neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists, nonpeptide Substance P antagonist, neurokinin 2 antagonists, neurokinin 3 antagonists, corticotropin-releasing factor receptor antagonists, antiglucocorticoid medications, glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, cortisol blocking agents, nitric oxide synthesize inhibitors, inhibitors of phosphodiesterase, enkephalinase inhibitors, GABA-A receptor agonists, free radical trapping agents, atypical MAOI's, selective MAOI inhibitors, hormones, folinic acid, leucovorin, tramadol, and tryptophan in combination with an antipsychotic drug, wherein said antipsychotic drug is selected from the group consisting of an atypical antipsychotic drug, and a dopamine system stabilizer, and wherein said major depressive disorder categorized as non-treatment resistant and non-psychotic.