Effectiveness of treatments for depression in older people

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 627-632

  Frazer, Cathy J ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BORAGO OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GESTAGEN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE; THIAMINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; VITAMIN D; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT;

ACNE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; AMNESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TENDERNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSOMNIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MANIA; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; MUSIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SELF HELP; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 21644488454     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06849.x     Document Type: Review

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