Which nutritional therapies are safe and effective for depression?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-100

  Evans, Rachael ^a   Moss, Shannon ^a   Montoya, Cathy C ^b  

^a Baylor Family Medicine Residency at Garland   (United States)

^b Houston Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BORAGO OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; DAN ZHI XIAO YAO; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; INOSITOL; LAVENDER OIL; MAPROTILINE; N 3 LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGITATION; BORAGO; CROCUS SATIVUS; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LIGHT SENSITIVITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MYALGIA; NOTE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HYPERICUM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHYTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952511636     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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