Antidepressant medication in patients with advanced cancer-an observational study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 995-1001

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b   Reeve, Joanne ^a   Dona, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; TREATMENT DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886998328     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct133     Document Type: Article

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