Recurrent brief depression - Past and future

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Pezawas, Lukas ^a,b   Angst, Jules ^c   Gamma, Alex ^c   Ajdacic, Vladeta ^c   Eich, Dominique ^c   Rössler, Wulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Mood disorder; Recurrent brief depression; Subthreshold; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUPENTIXOL; LITHIUM; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NIMODIPINE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VERAPAMIL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0037307136     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(02)00318-4     Document Type: Review

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