Continuation/maintenance treatment with nortriptyline versus combined nortriptyline and ect in late-life psychotic depression: A two-year randomized study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 498-505

  Navarro, Victor ^a,b   Gastóbal, Cristóbal ^a   Torres, Xavier ^a   Masana, Guillem ^a   Penadés, Rafael ^a   Guarch, Joana ^a   Vázquez, Mireia ^a   Serra, Montserrat ^a   Pujol, Nuria ^a   Pintor, Luis ^a   Catalán, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuation ECT; Elderly depression; Maintenance ECT; Psychotic

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PR INTERVAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTRIPTYLINE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48849092940     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318170a6fa     Document Type: Article

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