Use of prescription medications and complementary and alternative medicines to treat depressive and anxiety symptoms: Results from a community sample

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Parslow, Ruth A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Anxiolytics; Community survey; Complementary and alternative medicines

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CANNABIS; DIAZEPAM; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUOXETINE; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MAGNESIUM; VALERIAN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 4744341183     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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