Complementary and alternative treatments for late-life depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance: A review of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1461-1471

  Meeks, Thomas W ^a,e   Wetherell, Julie L ^a,b   Irwin, Michael R ^c   Redwine, Laura S ^d   Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCALE FOR ASSESSING SCIENTIFIC QUALITY OF INVESTIGATIONS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948951994     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v68n1001     Document Type: Article

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