Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 11 , Pages 903-910 , November 2007

Predictors of Treatment Response and Length of Stay for Inpatients with Major Depression

  • I-Chih Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Cheng Liao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Been Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Meg Mei-Chih Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Mei-Chih Tseng, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 1 November 2006 ,Revised 7 February 2007 ,Accepted 7 August 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(08)60060-1

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60060-1

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 11 , Pages 903-910 , November 2007

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