Do stressful life events predict medical treatment outcome in first episode of depression?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 752-760

  Bock, Camilla ^a   Bukh, Jens Drachmann ^a   Vinberg, Maj ^a   Gether, Ulrik ^b   Kessing, Lars Vedel ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antide pressant; Single depressive episode; Stressful life event; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; LITHIUM SALT; MIANSERIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69849106858     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0491-1     Document Type: Article

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