Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7907, 2013, Pages

  Spence, Des ^a  

^a Maryhill Health and Care Centre and University of Glasgow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DSM-5; DSM-IV; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INSOMNIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875794024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f191     Document Type: Note

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