Suicidal thinking and behavior during treatment with sertraline in Late-life depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 573-580

  Nelson, J Craig ^a,c   Delucchi, Kevin ^a   Schneider, Lon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Box 0984 F ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SERTRALINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; THINKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SERTRALINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THINKING;

EID: 34548100638     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318050c9c2     Document Type: Article

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