Prescribing Antidepressants and Benzodiazepines in the Netherlands: Is Chronic Physical Illness Involved?

In this study we assessed differences in new and repeat prescriptions of psycho-tropics between patients receiving prescriptions for drugs to treat a common chronic disease and people without such prescriptions. The study used the databases of two Dutch health insurance companies (3 million people)....

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Main Authors: Jacques Th. M. van Eijk, Hans Bosma, Catharina C. M. Jonkers, Femke Lamers, Paul E. M. Muijrers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Depression Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/105931