The effectiveness of the treatment of depression in the physically ill elderly

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-20

  Draper, B M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; LOFEPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIANSERIN; MOCLOBEMIDE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MUSIC THERAPY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0034015090     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860055928     Document Type: Article

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