Better safe than sorry - Why patients prefer to stop using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants but are afraid to do so: Results of a qualitative study

Chronic Illness

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Verbeek Heida, Pietje M ^a   Mathot, Edith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Qualitative study; Stopping or continuing SSRIs; Users'perspective

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 33745762999     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174592006X111003     Document Type: Article

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