Is retirement beneficial for mental health? antidepressant use before and after retirement

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-559

  Oksanen, Tuula ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,c   Westerlund, Hugo ^d   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Sjösten, Noora ^a   Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,e,f  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PENSION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 85027921210     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31821c41bd     Document Type: Article

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