Open AccessAdverse Drug Reaction Monitoring of Antidepressants in the Psychiatry Outpatients Department of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Author(s) -
Sonali Mishra,
Trupti Rekha Swain,
Mira Mohanty
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/4985.3041
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , depression (economics) , psychiatry , drug reaction , adverse drug reaction , observational study , anxiety , emergency medicine , drug , pediatrics , economics , macroeconomics
Depression is a prevalent mental disorder and the 4(th) leading cause of disability in the world as per the World Health Organization (WHO). The adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) to antidepressants are common and they can lead to a non compliance or even a discontinuation of the therapy. This study entitled us to monitor the ADR profile of the antidepressants in a tertiary care teaching hospital.