Antidepressant prescribing and suicides in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) from 1999 to 2008: An ecological study

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 120-122

  Guaiana, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Italy; Psychiatric epidemiology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84859902271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901107010120     Document Type: Article

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