Depression in physical illness

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-536

  Ruttley, Angharad ^a   Reid, Steven ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Depression; Mood disorders; Physical illness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLUOXETINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERFERON; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NIFEDIPINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL; RESERPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VINCRISTINE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOOD; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33845979525     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-6-533     Document Type: Review

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