The efficacy of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, fluoxetine and their combination in the outpatient treatment of depression

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 612-624

  Bastos, Andre Goettems ^a   Guimaraes, Luciano Santos Pinto ^b   Trentini, Clarissa Marceli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

depression; fluoxetine; long term psychodynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84943198956     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.935519     Document Type: Article

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