Prescribing antidepressants in general practice

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7083, 1997, Pages 826-

  Fish, David ^a   Moore, M V ^b   Gill, David ^c   Tan, Robert S ^d   Ali, Imad M ^e   Milligan, K ^f   Bisset, Ann F ^g   Reid, J P ^g   Johnson, Tim ^h   Martin, Richard ^h   Morrell, Jonathan ^h   Gilbody, Simon ⁱ   Sheldon, Trevor ⁱ   Song, Fujian ⁱ   House, Allan ^j   Murray, Valerie ^k   Walker, Helen ^l   Mitchell, Caroline ^m   Pelosi, Anthony J ^m   Double, D B ⁿ  

^a Henley Green Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Three Swans Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^h Fitznells Manor Surgery   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^j LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l Dingleton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^m HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Trust   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; NOTE;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0039325411     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7083.826     Document Type: Letter

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