Commentary: "Consistent superiority of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors over placebo in reducing depressed mood in patients with major depression"

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Fried, Eiko I ^a   Boschloo, Lynn ^b   van Borkulo, Claudia D ^b,c   Schoevers, Robert A ^b   Romeijn, Jan Willem ^d   Wichers, Marieke ^b,e   de Jonge, Peter ^b   Nesse, Randolph M ^f   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^a   Borsboom, Denny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Major depressive disorder; Network analysis; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Symptomics

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

EFFECT SIZE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 84940474843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00117     Document Type: Note

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