Depressive Disorder: Diagnosis and Management in General Practice in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 500-505

  Reza, H ^a   Khan, M M ^b  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOSULEPIN; IMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGORITHM; ANOREXIA; ASYSTOLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSPEPSIA; EJACULATION DISORDER; FALLING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INSOMNIA; LIVER DISEASE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0346093644     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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