Fast-onset antidepressants

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL.3, 1997, Pages

  Montgomery, Stuart A ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Rapid response; Superior efficacy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DEPRESSION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS;

EID: 0030866008     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199705002-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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