Trajectories of mental health before and after old-age and disability retirement: A register-based study on purchases of psychotropic drugs

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-417

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a,b   Metsä Simola, Niina ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Pietiläinen, Olli ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Gould, Raija ^b   Partonen, Timo ^c   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Finnish Centre for Pensions   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Health trajectory; Medication; Register data; Register linkage; Registry

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGING POPULATION; DATA SET; DRUG; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; PENSION SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RETIREMENT;

AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84865849120     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3290     Document Type: Article

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