How common is resistance to treatment in recurrent, nonpsychotic geriatric depression?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1035-1038

  Little, John T ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^b   Frank, Ellen ^b   Begley, Amy E ^b   Miller, Mark D ^b   Cornes, Cleon ^b   Mazumdar, Sati ^b   Perel, James M ^b   Kupfer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE;

EID: 0031824125     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.8.1035     Document Type: Article

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