Psychiatrists' experience and views regarding St John's Wort and 'alternative' treatments

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 992-996

  Walter, G ^a   Rey, J M ^a   Harding, A ^a  

^a Rivendell Child & Adolescent Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Alternative treatments; Drug interactions; Psychiatry; St John's Wort

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; KAVA; LITHIUM; MIANSERIN; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG USE; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HERB; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MANIA; MUSCLE TWITCH; NAUSEA; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; RESTLESSNESS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TREMOR; VOMITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0033645952     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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