Antidepressants: Misnamed and misrepresented

World Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 302-303

  Moncrieff, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; EMOTION; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942508822     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20243     Document Type: Note

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