Improvement in subjective work performance after treatment of chronic depression: Some preliminary results

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Finkelstein, Stan N ^a   Berndt, Ernst R ^a   Greenberg, Paul E ^b   Parsley, Rod A ^b   Russell, James M ^c   Keller, Martin B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Industrial Economics   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; economics; performance; productivity; work

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

1-NAPHTHYLAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SERTRALINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029948059     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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