Can the effects of antidepressants be observed in the first two weeks of treatment?

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 390-394

  Quitkin, Frederic M ^a,b   McGrath, Patrick J ^a   Stewart, Jonathan W ^a   Taylor, Bonnie P ^a   Klein, Donald F ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depressive disorder; Placebo; Response time; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; PHENELZINE; SELEGILINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MELANCHOLIA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME;

EID: 0030271735     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0893-133X(95)00272-F     Document Type: Article

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