Antidepressant prescribing and suicide rate in Northern Ireland

European Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 325-328

  Kelly, Christopher B ^a   Ansari, Tanzeel ^a   Rafferty, Thérèse ^a   Stevenson, Mike ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TERRORISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0344013031     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.03.005     Document Type: Article

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