'A coal face option': GPs' perspectives on the rise in antidepressant prescribing

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 566, 2009, Pages 658-659

  Macdonald, Sara ^a   Morrison, Jill ^a,b   Maxwell, Margaret ^f   Munoz Arroyo, Rosalia ^d   Power, Andrew ^e   Smith, Michael ^a   Sutton, Matt ^g   Wilson, Philip ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of General Practice ^*

^c Section of General Practice   (Norway)

^d NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 70350068567     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X454106     Document Type: Article

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