Overprescribing antidepressants: Where's the evidence?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  McCartney, Margaret ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING;

EID: 84903647801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4218     Document Type: Note

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