Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, MD, PhD

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Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, MD, PhD, is affiliated with the Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies Laboratory and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, as well as its School of Biomedical Engineering. Vila-Rodriguez has published research focused on major depressive disorder (MDD), specifically investigating treatment-resistant depression, antidepressant response, and augmentation strategies involving aripiprazole, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, and escitalopram. The author’s work includes comparative effectiveness trials and studies on symptomatic and functional outcomes in depression management. Frequent collaborators include Albert S. Yeung, Alexander Bystritsky, Anthony L. Vaccarino, Arun V. Ravindran, and Benicio N. Frey.

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Effect of Aripiprazole or rTMS Augmentation Versus Switching to Venlafaxine on Quality of Life
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Effect of Aripiprazole or rTMS Augmentation Versus Switching to Venlafaxine on Quality of Life

August 11, 2025

Augmentation with aripiprazole, but not rTMS, improved quality of life significantly versus venlafaxine XR/duloxetine switch in patients with treatment-resistant depression.
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Original Research

CAN-BIND-1 Outcomes and Early Response Prediction in MDD

February 5, 2019

Antidepressant medications are often prescribed with little certainty about their potential effectiveness in individual patients. Can early symptom reduction help predict later symptomatic and functional outcomes of antidepressant treatment?...
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