Antidepressant treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression in veterans

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Dow, Bruce ^a,b,c   Kline, Neal ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Major depression; Norepinephrine; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; NORADRENALIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHENELZINE; SEROTONIN; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 0030823837     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026270022781     Document Type: Article

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