Antidepressant use in Canada has stopped increasing

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 609-614

  Patten, Scott B ^a,b   Williams, Jeanne V A ^a   Lavorato, Dina H ^a   Fiest, Kirsten M ^a   Bulloch, Andrew G M ^a,b   Wang, Jianli ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Epidemiologic studies; Major depression; Major depressive episode; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CANADA; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84911866403     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405901107     Document Type: Article

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