Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: a revision of the 2000 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines.

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Published in J Psychopharmacol on April 15, 2008

Authors

I M Anderson1, I N Ferrier, R C Baldwin, P J Cowen, L Howard, G Lewis, K Matthews, R H McAllister-Williams, R C Peveler, J Scott, A Tylee

Author Affiliations

1: Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester, UK. ian.anderson@manchester.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Trial of the Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of a Specialist Expert Mood Disorder Team for Refractory Unipolar Depressive Disorder | NCT01047124

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