Appropriateness of antidepressant prescribing: An observational study in a Scottish primary-care setting

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 566, 2009, Pages 644-649

  Cameron, Isobel M ^a   Lawton, Kenneth ^b   Reid, Ian C ^a  

^a Department of Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RURAL HEALTH; SCOTLAND; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349766364     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X454061     Document Type: Article

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