Impact of prior treatment exposure on response to antidepressant treatment in late life

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 957-965

  Tew Jr , James D ^a   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b,c   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Lenze, Eric J ^a   Whyte, Ellen M ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a   Stack, Jacqueline A ^a   Bensasi, Salem ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressant therapy; Depression; Late life; Treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33750686337     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000222311.70424.85     Document Type: Article

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