Treatment of traumatized refugees with Sertraline versus Venlafaxine in combination with psychotherapy - study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sonne, Charlotte ^a   Carlsson, Jessica ^a   Elklit, Ask ^b   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^c   Ekstrøm, Morten ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b National Center for Psychotraumatology   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; PTSD; Refugee; Sertraline; Trauma; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

MIANSERIN; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DENMARK; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877293408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-137     Document Type: Article

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