Continuity and monitoring of antidepressant therapy in a primary care setting

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-113

  Middleton, David J ^a   Cameron, Isobel M ^b   Reid, Ian C ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Monitoring; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957453298     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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