Diagnosis and treatment of depression in patients with mental retardation

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 421-428

  Janowsky, David S ^a,b   Davis, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Murdoch Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 29444440259     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-005-0062-z     Document Type: Review

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