Suicidal ideation during interferon-α2b and ribavirin treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-240

  Dieperink, Eric ^a,b   Ho, Samuel B ^a,c   Tetrick, Lori ^a   Thuras, Paul ^a,b   Dua, Kulwinder ^d   Willenbring, Mark L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hepatitis C; Interferon; Psychiatric disorders; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SERTRALINE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; VETERANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 2342630638     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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