Open Access<p>Prevalence and Determinants of Long-Term Utilization of Antidepressant Drugs: A Retrospective Cohort Study</p>
Author(s) -
Carlotta Lunghi,
Ippazio Cosimo Antonazzo,
Sofia Burato,
Emanuel Raschi,
Violetta Zoffoli,
Emanuele Forcesi,
Elisa Sangiorgi,
Marco Menchetti,
Pasquale Roberge,
Elisabetta Poluzzi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s241780
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , antidepressant , polypharmacy , retrospective cohort study , cohort , logistic regression , defined daily dose , cohort study , psychiatry , pediatrics , pharmacology , hippocampus
Antidepressant consumption has risen in recent years, driven by longer treatment duration. The objective of this study was to measure the prevalence of antidepressant long-term and chronic use in the Bologna area, Italy, and to identify their main determinants.