The status of evidence-based guidelines and algorithms in the treatment of depression

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 658-663

  DeBattista, Charles ^a   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^b   Kern, Janet K ^a   Lembke, Anna ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DESIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE STIMULATION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0242351601     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-20021101-05     Document Type: Review

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