Treatment of dysthymia and minor depression in primary care: A randomized controlled trial in older adults

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1519-1526

  Williams, John W ^a,b   Barrett, James ^c   Oxman, Tom ^c   Frank, Ellen ^d   Katon, Wayne ^e   Sullivan, Mark ^e   Cornell, John ^b   Sengupta, Anjana ^c  

^a Ambulatory Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL OUTCOMES STUDY SHORT FORM 36; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034721413     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.12.1519     Document Type: Article

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