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We found high rates of antidepressant prescribing in primary care and high rates of long-term prescribing. Our data underestimate prescription rates for adults because the denominator includes children, who are rarely prescribed antidepressants.
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Initial antidepressant prescription and dosage were informed by the prescribing primary care physician. Prescription at follow-up was informed by patients. ... Primary care physicians prescribed antidepressants and dosages, performed patients' follow-ups, and evaluated the need for liaison consultations with mental...
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Longitudinal patterns of antidepressant prescribing in primary care in the UK: comparison with treatment guidelines. Rodney L. Dunn ...
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This study was established to investigate how current prescribing practices in primary care compared with these guidelines. ... Newer antidepressants-lofepramine and the SSRIs-are prescribed comparatively well. CONCLUSIONS: Prescribing of antidepressants by GPs is not in line with the consensus recommendations on dosage.
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CONCLUSION This systematic review is the first comparing antidepressants with placebo for treatment of depression in primary care. Both TCAs and SSRIs are effective. This review is also the first to show that low ... Prescribing antidepressants in primary care is a more effective clinical activity than prescribing placebo.
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Antidepressant prescribing should reflect need. The Quality and Outcomes Framework has provided an opportunity to explore factors ... To explore the relationship between physical illness, social deprivation, ethnicity, practice characteristics and the volume of antidepressants prescribed in primary care.
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Elderly patients are more likely than younger ones to feel the stigma of depression, report fatigue and other somatic symptoms instead of psychological ones, and prefer treatment by their primary care physicians (PCPs). ... and financial incentives leading to more reliance on antidepressants instead of more costly psychotherapy.
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