Diagnosis and treatment of depression in late life: Consensus statement update

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1186-1190

  Lebowitz, Barry D ^a,h   Pearson, Jane L ^a   Schneider, Lon S ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^c   Alexopoulos, George S ^d   Bruce, Martha Livingston ^d   Conwell, Yeates ^e   Katz, Ira R ^f   Meyers, Barnett S ^d   Morrison, Mary F ^f   Mossey, Jana ^g   Niederehe, George ^a   Parmelee, Patricia ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; PRASTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; NAUSEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030766770     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.14.1186     Document Type: Article

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