Which antidepressants have demonstrated superior efficacy? A review of the evidence

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 323-329

  Montgomery, Stuart A ^a,n   Baldwin, David S ^b   Blier, Pierre ^f   Fineberg, Naomi A ^c   Kasper, Siegfried ^h   Lader, Malcolm ^d   Lam, Raymond W ^g   Lépine, Jean Pierre ⁱ   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^k   Nutt, David J ^e   Rouillon, Frederic ^j   Schatzberg, Alan F ^l   Thase, Michael E ^m  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^j CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Antidepressant; Clomipramine; Duloxetine; Escitalopram; Milnacipran; Mirtazapine; Superior efficacy; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MILNACIPRAN; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; PAROXETINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948908624     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3282eff7e0     Document Type: Review

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