The efficacy of paroxetine and placebo in treating anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis of change on the Hamilton Rating Scales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Sugarman, Michael A ^a   Loree, Amy M ^a   Baltes, Boris B ^a   Grekin, Emily R ^a   Kirsch, Irving ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PANIC DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; PAROXETINE; PLACEBOS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929344180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106337     Document Type: Article

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