Managing depression in geriatric populations

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-238

  Beyer, John L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NOMIFENSINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NIACIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749092802     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230701653245     Document Type: Review

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