Treatment patterns in major depressive disorder after an inadequate response to first-line antidepressant treatment

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Garcia Toro, Mauro ^a   Medina, Esteban ^b   Galan, Jaime L ^c   Gonzalez, Miguel A ^d   Maurino, Jorge ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^d IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant treatment; Augmentation; Combination; Major depressive disorder; Response; Switching

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; AMFEBUTAMONE; ESCITALOPRAM; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866303942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-143     Document Type: Article

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