The treatment of depression: Antidepressant prescribing for elderly patients in primary care

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 260, Issue 6988, 1998, Pages 500-502

  Donoghue, John ^a   Katona, Cornelius ^b   Tylee, André ^c  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TELETEL S A   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; LOFEPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032481817     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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