The effect of low-dose omega 3 fatty acids on the treatment of mild to moderate depression in the elderly: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 261, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 539-549

  Tajalizadekhoob, Yaser ^a   Sharifi, Farshad ^a,b   Fakhrzadeh, Hossein ^a   Mirarefin, Mojde ^a   Ghaderpanahi, Maryam ^a   Badamchizade, Zohre ^a   Azimipour, Solaleh ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Kahrizak Charity Foundation   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Depression; Elderly; Fish oils

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84355163139     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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