Acute antidepressant effects of intravenous hydrocortisone and CRH in depressed patients: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1334-1337

  DeBattista, C ^a   Posener, J A ^a   Kalehzan, B M ^a   Schatzberg, A F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033843082     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.8.1334     Document Type: Article

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