Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-109

  Cruickshank, Gillian ^a   MacGillivray, Steve ^b   Bruce, David ^a,e   Mather, Anne ^c   Matthews, Keith ^d   Williams, Brian ^d  

^a University of Abertay ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e Princes Street Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drug prescribing; Depression; Primary care; Structured assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 59949090472     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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