Deaths from antideppresants in England and Wales 1993-1997: Analysis of a new national database

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1203-1210

  Shah, R ^a,b,c,d   Uren, Z ^a,b,c   Baker, A ^a,b,c   Majeed, A ^a,b,c  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Cheam Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUTRIPTYLINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; IPRONIAZID; ISOCARBOXAZID; LOFEPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VILOXAZINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 0034740528     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291701004548     Document Type: Article

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