Prospective analysis of the medicine possession ratio of antidepressants in the private health sector of South Africa, 2006 - 2011 | Zendy

Francois Naudé Slabbert | Zendy; Brian H. Harvey | Zendy; C. Brink | Zendy; Martie S. Lubbe | Zendy

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Prospective analysis of the medicine possession ratio of antidepressants in the private health sector of South Africa, 2006 - 2011

Author(s) -

Francois Naudé Slabbert,

Brian H. Harvey,

C. Brink,

Martie S. Lubbe

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.8394

Subject(s) - medicine , possession (linguistics) , private sector , family medicine , prospective cohort study , traditional medicine , psychiatry , law , philosophy , linguistics , political science

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling mental illness with high morbidity and mortality rates. Inadequate treatment efficacy, unfavourable side-effect profiles and consequent shortfalls in compliance are major stumbling blocks in its treatment. Non-compliance data in low- to middle-income countries are lacking.

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