Use of slow-release melatonin in treatment-resistant depression

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-52

  Dalton, E Jane ^a   Rotondi, Debra ^a   Levitan, Robert D ^a   Kennedy, Sidney H ^b   Brown, Gregory M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Ctr for Addiction and Mental Health ^*

Author keywords

Depression; Fatigue; Insomnia; Melatonin; Psychiatric status rating scales

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; MELATONIN; MOCLOBEMIDE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SLEEP; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0034009670     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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