Duration of untreated illness and antidepressant fluvoxamine response in major depressive disorder

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-273

  Okuda, Akiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Tatsuyo ^a   Kishi, Taro ^a   Yamanouchi, Yoshio ^a,e   Umeda, Kazunori ^a,d   Haitoh, Hiroshi ^a,b   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Ozaki, Norio ^c   Iwata, Nakao ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Hamamatsu Psychiatry and Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

^e Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duration of untreated illness; Early intervention; Fluvoxamine; Major depressive disorder; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; REMISSION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952569120     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02091.x     Document Type: Article

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