Treatment failure with a tricyclic antidepressant followed by lithium addition and response to subsequent electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1887-1891

  Heijnen, Willemijn T C ^a   Van Den Broek, Walter W ^a   Birkenhäger, Tom K ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60349100416     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n1206     Document Type: Article

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