Treatment of depression in the elderly: Effect of physical illness on response

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1189-1194

  Evans, Mavis ^a,c   Hammond, Margaret ^b   Wilson, Ken ^b   Lye, Michael ^b   Copeland, John ^b  

^a Wirral Community NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Fluoxetine; Liaison psychiatry; Old age; Physical illness; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031434367     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199712)12:12<1189::AID-GPS715>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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