Escitalopram prevents relapse in older patients with major depressive disorder

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 581-593

  Gorwood, Philip ^a,b   Weiller, Emmanuelle ^c   Lemming, Ole ^c   Katona, Cornelius ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Escitalopram; Major depressive disorder; Placebo controlled; Randomized clinical trial; Relapse prevention

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; PLACEBO; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; PARAMETER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548068643     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000240823.94522.4c     Document Type: Article

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