Antidepressant class and dosing among older Mexican Americans: Application of geropsychiatric treatment guidelines

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-83

  González, Hector M ^a   Hinton, Ladson ^b   Ortiz, Teresa ^b   Haan, Mary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Depression; Geriatric; Latino Hispanic Americans

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

EID: 31044438462     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000192485.20308.99     Document Type: Article

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