Antidepressant use in the absence of common mental disorders in the general population

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 494-501

  Pagura, Jina ^a   Katz, Laurence Y ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^b   Druss, Benjamin G ^c   Cox, Brian ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WORLD MENTAL HEALTH COMPOSITE DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955501960     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05776blu     Document Type: Article

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