Antidepressant medication treatment failure does not predict lower remission with ECT for major depressive disorder: A report from the consortium for research in electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1701-1706

  Rasmussen, Keith G ^a   Mueller, Martina ^b   Knapp, Rebecca G ^b   Husain, Mustafa M ^c   Rummans, Teresa A ^a   Sampson, Shirlene M ^a   O'Connor, M Kevin ^d   Petrides, Georgios ^d   Fink, Max ^e   Kellner, Charles H ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37049024476     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v68n1109     Document Type: Article

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