Antidepressant overdoses and resultant emergency department services: The impact of SSRIs

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 667-670

  Stoner, Steven C ^a,b   Marken, Patricia A ^a,c   Watson, William A ^a,d   Switzer, Joy L ^a,c   Barber, Michael F ^a,c   Meyer, Vickie L ^a,c   Sommi Jr , Roger W ^a,c   Steele, Mark T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^c Western Missouri Mental Health Center   (United States)

^d TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Emergency department; Overdose; SSRI; TCA

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0031423082     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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