Amitriptyline versus haloperidol in borderlines: Final outcomes and predictors of response

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 238-246

  Soloff, Paul H ^a   George, Anselm ^a   Nathan, R Swami ^a   Schulz, Patricia M ^a   Cornelius, Jack R ^a   Herring, Jaclyn ^a   Perel, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AMITRIPTYLINE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALOPERIDOL; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024312325     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004714-198908000-00002     Document Type: Article

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