Are bipolar I depressive patients less responsive to treatment with antidepressants than unipolar depressive patients? Results from a case control study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 200-205

  Bottlender, R ^a   Rudolf, D ^a   Jager M ^a   Strauss, A ^a   Moller H J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Antidepressants; Bipolar depression; Treatment; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036652434     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(02)00669-7     Document Type: Article

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