Antidepressive therapy with escitalopram improves mood, cognitive symptoms, and identity memory for angry faces in elderly depressed patients

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-388

  Savaskan, Egemen ^a,d   Müller, Sandra E ^b   Böhringer, Andreas ^c   Schulz, André ^c   Scháchinger, Hartmut ^c  

^a Division of Psychiatry Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Escitalopram; Facial identity; Memory

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; ESCITALOPRAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NORFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AFFECT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CITALOPRAM; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 41649106218     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145707007997     Document Type: Article

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