Axis III disorders in treatment-resistant major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Papakostas, George I ^a   Petersen, Timothy ^a   Iosifescu, Dan V ^a   Roffi, Pamela A ^a   Alpert, Jonathan E ^a   Rosenbaum, Jerrold F ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Nierenberg, Andrew A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Co morbidity; Depression; Nortriptyline; Open label; Treatment resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037870085     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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