Depression following traumatic brain injury: Epidemiology, risk factors and management

CNS Drugs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Rapoport, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Brain injuries; Depression

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856410874     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11599560-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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