Effects of antidepressant treatment on corticotropin-induced cortisol responses in patients with melancholic depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Thakore, Jogin H ^a   Barnes, Caryl ^b   Joyce, John ^c   Medbak, Sami ^d   Dinan, Timothy G ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COSYNTROPIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031567742     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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