Management of depression in later life

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-139

  Baldwin, Robert ^a   Wild, Rebecca ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIGOXIN; DOSULEPIN; IMIPRAMINE; LEVODOPA; METHYLDOPA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PREDNISOLONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ROFECOXIB; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRABENAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

AGE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CONVALESCENCE; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCREENING TEST; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 1542711349     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.10.2.131     Document Type: Article

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