Assessing the impact of SSRI antidepressants on popular notions of women's depressive illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 577-584

  Metzl, Jonathan M ^a   Angel, Joni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Popular culture; SSRI antidepressants; USA

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

MENTAL HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DYSPHORIA; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PREMENOPAUSAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENOPAUSE; PUBLICATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0344926522     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00369-1     Document Type: Article

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