Morning light treatment hastens the antidepressant effect of citalopram: A placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 648-653

  Benedetti, Francesco ^a   Colombo, Cristina ^a   Pontiggia, Adriana ^a   Bernasconi, Alessandro ^a   Florita, Marcello ^a   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; IMIPRAMINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038266761     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v64n0605     Document Type: Article

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