The wisdom of crowds (vox populi) and antidepressant use

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Patten, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medications; Major depression; Medication use; Monitoring; Pharmacoepidemiology; Population health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; STIGMA; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84924727028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901511010001     Document Type: Article

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