Maintenance treatment of major depression: A review of the literature

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Blacker, Deborah ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029998247     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229609030517     Document Type: Review

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