Pattern of antidepressant use and duration of depression-related absence from work

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue DEC., 2003, Pages 507-513

  Dewa, Carolyn S ^a   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^a   Lin, Elizabeth ^a   Paterson, Michael ^a   Goering, Paula ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346122759     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.6.507     Document Type: Article

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