Treatment of 70+-year-olds with recurrent major depression: Excellent short-term but brittle long-term response

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Miller, Mark ^a   Mazumdar, Sati ^a   Perel, James M ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032913485     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199902000-00009     Document Type: Article

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