Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Australia, 1991-2000: Trend analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7397, 2003, Pages 1008-1011

  Hall, Wayne D ^a   Mant, Andrea ^b   Mitchell, Philip B ^c   Rendle, Valerie A ^b   Hickie, Ian B ^d   McManus, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d The National Depression Initiative   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0038137620     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. McManus P, Mant A, Mitchell P, Montgomery, WS, Marley J, Auland ME. Recent trends in the use of antidepressant drugs in Australia, 1990-1998. Med J Aust 2000;173:458-61.
2. Carlsten A, Waern M, Ekedahl A, Ranstram J. Antidepressant medication and suicide in Sweden. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2001;10:525-30.
3. Isacsson G. Suicide prevention - a medical breakthrough? Acta Psychiatr Scand 2000;102:113-7.
4. Rihmer Z. Can better recognition and treatment of depression reduce suicide rates? A brief review. Eur Psychiatry 2001;16:406-9.
5. Cook TD, Campbell DT. Quasi-experimentation: design and analysis issues for field settings. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1979.
6. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Suicides, Australia. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2000. (No 3309.0.)
7. WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics. Methodology. Guidelines for ATC classification and DDD assignment. 2nd ed. Oslo: WHO, 1998.
8. Bridges-Webb C, Britt H, Miles DA, Neary S, Charles J, Trynor V. Morbidity and treatment in general practice in Australia 1990-1991. Med J Aust 1992;157(suppl):S1-56.
9. Vagholkar S, Spence J, Charles J. General practice audit as a quality assurance activity. An evaluation of the morbidity and therapeutic index. Aust Fam Physician 1996;25:370-5.
10. Britt H, Sayer GP, Miller GC, Charles J, Scahill S, Horn F, et al. General practice activity in Australia 1998-1999. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1999. (AIHW Catalogue Number: GEP 2. General Practice Series No 2.)
11. Catalano P, Chikritzhs T, Stockwell T, Webb M, Rohlin C-J, Dietze P. Trends in per capita alcohol consumption in Australia, 1990/91-1998/99. Perth: National Drug Research Institute, 2001. (National Alcohol Indicators Bulletin No 4.)
12. Chikritzhs T, Stockwell T, Heale P, Dietz P, Webb M. Trends in alcohol-related road injury in Australia, 1990-1997. Perth: National Drug Research Institute, 2000. (National Alcohol Indicators Bulletin No 2.)
13. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian social trends 2001. Work - paid work: trends in employment population ratios. www.abs.gov.an/ausstats (accessed 13 Aug 2002).
14. Morrell S, Page A, Taylor R. Unemployment and youth suicide. Economic and Labour Relations Review 2001;12:4-17.
15. Heady B. Old age is not downhill: the satisfactions and well-being of older Australians. Aust J Ageing 1999;18(suppl):32-37.
16. Isacsson G, Bergman U, Rich CL. Epidemiological data suggest antidepressants reduce suicide among depressives. J Affect Disord 1996;41:1-8.
17. Hickie IB, Davenport TA, Naismith SL, Scott EM, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Koschera A. Treatment of common mental disorders in Australian general practice. Med J Aust 2001;175(suppl):S25-30.
18. Preskorn SH. Antidepressant drug selection: criteria and options. J Clin Psychiatry 1994;55:6-22.
19. Mackay FR, Dunn NR, Martin RM, Pearce GL, Freemantle SN, Mann RD. Newer antidepressants: a comparison of tolerability in general practice. Br J Gen Pract 1999;49:892-6.
20. Britt H, Miller GC, Knox S, Charles J, Valenti L, Henderson J, et al. General practice activity in Australia 2000-01. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2001. (AIHW Catalogue Number: GEP 8, General Practice Series No 8.)
21. Naismith SL, Hickie IB, Scott EM, Davenport TA. Effects of mental health training and clinical audit on general practitioners' management of common mental disorders. Med J Aust 2001;175(suppl):S42-7.
22. Hickie IB. Depression and the community. Responding to the Australian experience of depression. Med J Aust 2002;176(suppl):S61-2.