Initiation of psychotropic medication after partner bereavement: A matched cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Shah, Sunil M ^a   Carey, Iain M ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   DeWilde, Stephen ^a   Victor, Christina R ^b   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84892419785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077734     Document Type: Article

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