title: [Amitriptyline in psychiatric therapeutics. Apropos of 8 years of its use in hospital practice].
abstract: A hundred and thirty patients have been treated with Amitriptylin in the "Clinique de Psychiatrie" in Marseille during the last eight years. The review of the hundred cases for which the information are the most detailed show that Amitriptylin remains one of the most powerful, manageable and well-tolerated anti-depressant drugs available at the present time. Its therapeutic indications are numerous, but the best ones are proceeding from depressed states with high anxious participation in subjects of less that 60 years of age.
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000639:Amitriptyline
vernacular_title: L'amitriptyline en thérapeutique psychiatrique. A propos de huit années d'utilisation en pratique hospitalière