Prevalence of depression and prescriptions for antidepressants, Bella Coola Valley, 2001

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 346-352

  Thommasen, Harvey V ^a,b   Baggaley, Earle ^c   Thommasen, Carol ^c   Zhang, William ^c  

^a University of British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressant prescription usage; Depression anxiety prevalence; Rural

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27144449778     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000610     Document Type: Article

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