A controlled study of fluoxetine and cognitive-behavioural counselling in the treatment of postnatal depression

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7085, 1997, Pages 932-936

  Appleby, Louis ^a   Warner, Rachel ^a   Whitton, Anna ^b   Faragher, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030966012     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7085.932     Document Type: Article

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