Omega-3 fatty acids for secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder after accidental injury an open-label pilot study

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-219

  Matsuoka, Yutaka ^a,b   Nishi, Daisuke ^a,b   Yonemoto, Naohiro ^b   Hamazaki, Kei ^c,d   Hashimoto, Kenji ^c,e   Hamazaki, Tomohito ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION DISASTER MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HYPNOTIC AGENT; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952124303     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181d48830     Document Type: Letter

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