Trends, correlates, and disease patterns of antidepressant use among elderly persons in Taiwan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1407-1415

  Kuo, Chia Lun ^a,b   Chien, I Chia ^a,c   Lin, Ching Heng ^d   Cheng, Shu Wen ^a  

^a Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Elderly; National health insurance; Prevalence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84942550600     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1052-z     Document Type: Article

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