Temporal profiles of the course of depression during treatment: Predictors of pathways toward recovery in the elderly

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1016-1024

  Dew, Mary Amanda ^a,b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Hall, Martica ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030661785     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830230050007     Document Type: Article

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