Mental health histories and psychiatric medication usage among persons who sought cosmetic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1927-1933

  Sarwer, David B ^a,b   Zanville, Holly A ^a,b   LaRossa, Don ^a,b   Bartlett, Scott P ^a,b   Chang, Ben ^a,b   Low, David W ^a,b   Whitaker, Linton A ^a,b  

^a Edwin/Fannie Gray Hall Ctr Hum A ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; ESCALITH; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14944374461     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000142999.86432.1F     Document Type: Review

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