IPS multicentric study: Antidepressant prescription patterns

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-45

  Grover, Sandeep ^a   Avasth, Ajit ^a   Kalita, Kamal ^a   Dalal, P ^a   Rao, G ^a   Chadda, R ^a   Lakdawala, Bhavesh ^a   Bang, Govind ^a   Chakraborty, Kaustav ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^a   Singh, P ^a   Kathuria, Puneet ^a   Thirunavukarasu, M ^a   Sharma, P S V N ^a   Harish, T ^a   Shah, Nilesh ^a   Deka, Kamla ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; depression; prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DESVENLAFAXINE; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 84873482551     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.105503     Document Type: Article

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