Wijlaars, LP;
Nazareth, I;
Petersen, I;
(2012)
Trends in depression and antidepressant prescribing in children and adolescents: a cohort study in The Health Improvement Network (THIN).
PLoS One
, 7
(3)
, Article e33181. 10.1371/journal.pone.0033181.
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Abstract
In 2003, the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) advised against treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) other than fluoxetine in children, due to a possible increased risk of suicidal behaviour. This study examined the effects of this safety warning on general practitioners' depression diagnosing and prescription behaviour in children.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Trends in depression and antidepressant prescribing in children and adolescents: a cohort study in The Health Improvement Network (THIN). |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0033181 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033181 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 Wijlaars et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC3302807 LPW received support from the National Institute of Health Research English National School for Primary Care Research (http://www.nspcr.ac.uk/) for the submitted work. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
| Keywords: | Adolescent, Age Factors, Antidepressive Agents, Child, Cohort Studies, Depression, Drug Utilization, England, Female, Humans, Male, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors, Sex Factors |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1346265 |
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