Mood disorders: Effective management of major depressive disorder in the geriatric patient

Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 36-40

  Evers, Martin M ^a   Marin, Deborah B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; APATHY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MANUALS;

EID: 0036790599     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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