Fluoxetine in post-traumatic stress disorder. Randomised, double-blind study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue JUL., 1999, Pages 17-22

  Connor, Kathryn M ^a   Sutherland, Suzanne M ^a   Tupler, Larry A ^a   Malik, Mary L ^a   Davidson, Jonathan R T ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032985613     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.1.17     Document Type: Article

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