Modulation of the mineralocorticoid receptor as add-on treatment in depression: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study.

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Published in J Psychiatr Res on November 11, 2009

Authors

Christian Otte1, Kim Hinkelmann, Steffen Moritz, Alexander Yassouridis, Holger Jahn, Klaus Wiedemann, Michael Kellner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. otte@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Associated clinical trials:

Fludrocortisone and Information Processing in Healthy Volunteers | NCT01648998

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