Vitamin C as an adjuvant for treating major depressive disorder and suicidal behavior, a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sahraian, Ali ^a   Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a,b   Kazemeini, Fereshteh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti depressive agents; Ascorbic acid; Clinical trial; Major depressive disorder; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CITALOPRAM; PLACEBO; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLURRED VISION; BODY MASS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925737788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0609-1     Document Type: Article

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