Reasons for antidepressant nonadherence among veterans treated in primary care clinics

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 827-834

  Fortney, John C ^a,b,c   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c   Edlund, Mark J ^c   Stecker, Tracy ^d,e   Mittal, Dinesh ^a,b   Robinson, Dean E ^f   Henderson, Kathy L ^a,c,g  

^a Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) North Little Rock   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA HSRandD   (United States)

^f Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^g South Central Veterans Health Care Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BURNING SENSATION; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; VETERAN; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79959612299     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05528blu     Document Type: Article

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