Fish oil not effective for chronic refractory depression

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-31

  Rotblatt, M ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 40149111863     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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2. Appleton KM, Hayward RC, Gunnell D et al. Effects of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on depressed mood: systematic review of published trials. Am J Clin Nutr 2006; 84: 1308-16.