Increase in depression diagnoses and prescribed antidepressants among young girls. A national cohort study 2000–2013

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 378-385

  Skovlund, Charlotte Wessel ^a   Kessing, Lars Vedel ^a   Mørch, Lina Steinrud ^a   Lidegaard, Øjvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adolescence; antidepressant agents; Depression; puberty; young women

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; FOLLOW UP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016520030     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2017.1305445     Document Type: Article

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