Speed of improvement in sleep disturbance and anxiety compared with core mood symptoms during acute treatment of depression in old age

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 550-554

  Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a   Blakesley Ball, Richard E ^c   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b,d   Mazumdar, Sati ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Szanto, Katalin ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Geriatric; Mood; Sleep; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LORAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33744929117     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000218325.76196.d1     Document Type: Article

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