Clinical relevance of disturbances of sleep and vigilance in major depressive disorder: A review

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Thase, Michael E ^a   Murck, Harald ^b,c,d   Post, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CLONAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ESZOPICLONE; FLUOXETINE; MIFEPRISTONE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; OLEPTRO; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; REBOXETINE; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TIANEPTINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VILAZODONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALERTNESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79251527198     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.08m00676gry     Document Type: Review

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