Acute tryptophan depletion as a model of depressive relapse: Behavioural specificity and ethical considerations

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue AUG., 2005, Pages 148-154

  Booij, Linda ^a   Van Der Does, A J Willem ^a   Haffmans, P M Judith ^b   Spinhoven, Philip ^a   McNally, Richard J ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPLETION; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 23744484242     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.2.148     Document Type: Article

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