Chronic depression in the elderly: Approaches for prevention

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 507-514

  Reynolds III, C F ^a   Alexopoulos, G S ^b   Katz, I R ^c   Lebowitz, B D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034918752     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200118070-00004     Document Type: Review

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