Use of antidepressants in medically ill older patients.
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Koenig, HG; Breitner, JC
Published in: Psychosomatics
1990
Major depression is common in older medical patients, and it can exert a deleterious effect on the treatment, course, and outcome of physical illnesses. Tricyclic or tetracyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and psychosocial interventions often play a role in the treatment of depressed medically ill patients, but well-founded doubts about the efficacy and the safety of TCAs in older, frail medical patients have developed. Based on a review of current knowledge about antidepressant use in these patients, the authors recommend the cautious use of TCAs in medically ill older patients until more data are available.
Duke Scholars
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Psychosomatics
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ISSN
0033-3182
Publication Date
1990
Volume
31
Issue
1
Start / End Page
22 / 32
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Risk Factors
- Psychiatry
- Middle Aged
- Humans
- Depressive Disorder
- Antidepressive Agents
- Aged
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 3202 Clinical sciences
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Koenig, H. G., & Breitner, J. C. (1990). Use of antidepressants in medically ill older patients. Psychosomatics, 31(1), 22–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72213-X
Koenig, H. G., and J. C. Breitner. “Use of antidepressants in medically ill older patients.” Psychosomatics 31, no. 1 (1990): 22–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72213-X.
Koenig HG, Breitner JC. Use of antidepressants in medically ill older patients. Psychosomatics. 1990;31(1):22–32.
Koenig, H. G., and J. C. Breitner. “Use of antidepressants in medically ill older patients.” Psychosomatics, vol. 31, no. 1, 1990, pp. 22–32. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72213-X.
Koenig HG, Breitner JC. Use of antidepressants in medically ill older patients. Psychosomatics. 1990;31(1):22–32.
Published In
Psychosomatics
DOI
ISSN
0033-3182
Publication Date
1990
Volume
31
Issue
1
Start / End Page
22 / 32
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Risk Factors
- Psychiatry
- Middle Aged
- Humans
- Depressive Disorder
- Antidepressive Agents
- Aged
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 3202 Clinical sciences