Efficacy of continuation ECT and antidepressant drugs compared to long-term antidepressants alone in depressed patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1960-1965

  Gagne G G , Jr ^a   Furman, M J ^a   Carpenter, L L ^a   Price, L H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033663361     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.12.1960     Document Type: Article

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