Impacts of switching antidepressants after successful electroconvulsive therapy on the maintenance of clinical remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression: A chart review

Journal of ECT

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-181

  Nakajima, Shinichiro ^a,b   Ishida, Takuto ^b,c   Akaishi, Rei ^b,d   Takahata, Keisuke ^b,e   Kitahata, Ryosuke ^b,e   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^b,f   Suzuki, Takefumi ^b,g   Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi ^a,b   Nomura, Kensuke ^b   Nakagawa, Atsuo ^b   Watanabe, Koichiro ^b   Kashima, Haruo ^b  

^a Oizumi Hospital   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g Inokashira Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Maintenance; Treatment resistant

Indexed keywords

AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; MILNACIPRAN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349088603     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181a8e2ac     Document Type: Article

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