Early onset of therapeutic action in depression and greater efficacy of antidepressant treatments: Are they related?

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL.3, 1997, Pages

  Blier, Pierre ^a   Bergeron, Richard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amineptine; Electroconvulsive shock treatment; Lithium; Monoamine oxidase inhibitors; Pindolol; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Serotonin receptors; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

AMINEPTINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PAROXETINE; PINDOLOL; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030866568     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199707003-00004     Document Type: Review

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