Do the old psychostimulant drugs have a role in managing treatment-resistant depression?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-314

  Parker, G ^a,b   Brotchie, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dexamphetamine; Methylphenidate; Stimulant monotherapy and augmentation; Treatment resistant depression

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MELANCHOLIA; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949708788     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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