Upping the ante on antidepressants

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 975-978

  Malhi, Gin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; RELAPSE; REMISSION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349083724     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00645.x     Document Type: Note

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