Efficacy and tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors compared with tricyclic antidepressants in depression treated in primary care: Systematic review and meta-analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7397, 2003, Pages 1014-1017

  MacGillivray, Steve ^a   Arroll, Bruce ^b   Hatcher, Simon ^b   Ogston, Simon ^a   Reid, Ian ^a   Sullivan, Frank ^a   Williams, Brian ^a   Crombie, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038137619     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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