Onset of action of antidepressants

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7600, 2007, Pages 911-912

  Tylee, Andre ^a   Walters, Paul ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34249278471     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39197.619190.80     Document Type: Editorial

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