Hypoactive sexual desire among depressed female patients treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: A comparison between escitalopram and fluoxetine

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Sidi, Hatta ^a   Asmidar, Duni ^b   Hod, Rozita ^a   Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei Nik ^a   Guan, Ng Chong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Melaka   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depression; Escitalopram; Female; Fluoxetine; Hypoactive sexual desire

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CITALOPRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856840062     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2011.617457     Document Type: Article

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