The public health impact of antidepressants: An instrumental variable analysis

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 188-197

  Mojtabai, Ramin ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Community prevalence of depression; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052436990     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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