Antidepressant treatment practice in the face of STAR*D and STEP-BD

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 973-974

  Cassidy, Frederick ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; IMIPRAMINE; IPRONIAZID; MOOD STABILIZER; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349098768     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00631.x     Document Type: Note

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