Time trends of antidepressant drug prescriptions in men versus women in a geographically defined US population

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 485-492

  Zhong, Wenjun ^a   Kremers, Hilal Maradit ^b   Yawn, Barbara P ^c   Bobo, William V ^b   St Sauver, Jennifer L ^b   Ebbert, Jon O ^b   Finney Rutten, Lila J ^b   Jacobson, Debra J ^b   Brue, Scott M ^b   Rocca, Walter A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Drug prescriptions; Pharmacoepidemiology; Population based; Sex differences; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916934002     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0450-7     Document Type: Article

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