Postpartum depression: Help patients find the right treatment

Current Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Freeman, Marlene P ^a   Joffe, Hadine ^a   Cohen, Lee S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84872805467     PISSN: 15378276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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