Effectiveness of fluoxetine and doxepin in treatment of melancholia in depressed patients

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Sandor, Paul ^a,b   Baker, Brian ^a   Irvine, Jane ^a   Dorian, Paul ^a   McKessok, D ^a   Mendlowitz, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Double blind; SSRIs; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXEPIN; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031861898     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)7:2<69::AID-DA3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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