The 25th anniversary of the launch of prozac gives pause for thought: Where did we go wrong

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 331-332

  Shorter, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MEPROBAMATE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY; CONSULTATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG POTENCY; DSM-III; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; MOOD; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PROTEIN DIET; PSYCHIATRIST; REACTIVE DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS;

EID: 84899728266     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.129916     Document Type: Review

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