Utilization patterns of antidepressants between 1991 and 2011 in a population-based cohort of middle-aged and elderly

European Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 365-370

  Aarts, N ^a   Noordam, R ^a   Hofman, A ^a,b   Tiemeier, H ^a   Stricker, B H ^a,b,c   Visser, L E ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Consortium of Healthy Aging   (Netherlands)

^c Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

^d Apotheek Haagse Ziekenhuizen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidepressant agents; Drug utilization; Middle aged and elderly

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84904756086     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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