Inappropriate prescriptions of antidepressant drugs in patients with subthreshold to mild depression: Time for the evidence to become practice

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-243

  Baumeister, Harald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Bias; Efficacy; Major depression; Minor depression; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CACAO; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DSM-IV; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING;

EID: 83555162364     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.025     Document Type: Review

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