A quantitative analysis of antidepressant and antipsychotic prescriptions following an earthquake in Italy

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-132

  Rossi, Alessandro ^b   Maggio, Roberto ^b   Riccardi, Ilaria ^b   Allegrini, Fabio ^a   Stratta, Paolo ^a  

^a ASL de L'Aquila   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISASTER; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79951941408     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20607     Document Type: Article

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