Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Israel

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 281-284

  Barak, Yoram ^a,b   Aizenberg, Dov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Care; Elderly; Epidemiology; Primary; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33746682539     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-200609000-00006     Document Type: Article

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