Treatment guidelines for geriatric mood disorders

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Oshima, Akihiko ^a   Higuchi, Teruhiko ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Bipolar disorder; Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depression; Mood stabilizer

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032705116     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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