Psychostimulant augmentation of second generation antidepressants: A case series

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-91

  Masand, Prakash S ^a   Anand, Vishal S ^a   Tanquary, John F ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case series; Psychostimulants; Second generation antidepressants

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031804932     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)7:2<89::AID-DA8>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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