Infrequent use of antidepressants in depressed individuals (an interview and prescription database study in a defined Swedish population 2001-2002)

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 355-360

  Henriksson, S ^a   Asplund, R ^b   Boethius G ^c   Hallstrom T ^a   Isacsson, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748707042     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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