Treatment of depressive disorders in old age

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-393

  Kivela S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; REBOXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSTHYMIA; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TACHYCARDIA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0034925641     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200107000-00026     Document Type: Review

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