Three decades of antidepressant, anxiolytic and hypnotic use in a national population birth cohort

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 189, Issue AUG., 2006, Pages 156-160

  Colman, Ian ^a   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^b   Croudace, Tim J ^a   Jones, Peter B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33747152860     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.017434     Document Type: Article

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