Managing depression across the life cycle: New strategies for clinicians and their patients

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 720-727

  Hickie, I B ^a   Naismith, S L ^a   Norrie, L M ^a   Scott, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Early Onset; Late onset; Management

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; CITALOPRAM; DESVENLAFAXINE; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHENELZINE; PREGABALIN; REBOXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATIGUE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 71049138079     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02016.x     Document Type: Review

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