Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20961
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Did the introduction and increased prescribing of antidepressants lead to changes in long-term trends of suicide rates?
Authors: Amendola, Simone
Plöderl, Martin
Hengartner, Michael Pascal
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204
10.21256/zhaw-20961
Published in: European Journal of Public Health
Volume(Issue): 31
Issue: 2
Page(s): 291
Pages to: 297
Issue Date: 25-Nov-2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1101-1262
1464-360X
Language: English
Subject (DDC): 615: Pharmacology and therapeutics
616.8: Neurology, diseases of nervous system
Abstract: Ecological studies have explored associations between suicide rates and antidepressant prescriptions in the population, but most of them are limited as they analyzed short-term correlations that may be spurious. The aim of this long-term study was to examine whether trends in suicide rates changed in three European countries when the first antidepressants were introduced in 1960 and when prescription rates increased steeply after 1990 with the introduction of the serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20961
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement: Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit: Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Amendola, S., Plöderl, M., & Hengartner, M. P. (2020). Did the introduction and increased prescribing of antidepressants lead to changes in long-term trends of suicide rates? European Journal of Public Health, 31(2), 291–297. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204
Amendola, S., Plöderl, M. and Hengartner, M.P. (2020) ‘Did the introduction and increased prescribing of antidepressants lead to changes in long-term trends of suicide rates?’, European Journal of Public Health, 31(2), pp. 291–297. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204.
S. Amendola, M. Plöderl, and M. P. Hengartner, “Did the introduction and increased prescribing of antidepressants lead to changes in long-term trends of suicide rates?,” European Journal of Public Health, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 291–297, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204.
AMENDOLA, Simone, Martin PLÖDERL und Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, 2020. Did the introduction and increased prescribing of antidepressants lead to changes in long-term trends of suicide rates? European Journal of Public Health. 25 November 2020. Bd. 31, Nr. 2, S. 291–297. DOI 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204
Amendola, Simone, Martin Plöderl, and Michael Pascal Hengartner. 2020. “Did the Introduction and Increased Prescribing of Antidepressants Lead to Changes in Long-Term Trends of Suicide Rates?” European Journal of Public Health 31 (2): 291–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204.
Amendola, Simone, et al. “Did the Introduction and Increased Prescribing of Antidepressants Lead to Changes in Long-Term Trends of Suicide Rates?” European Journal of Public Health, vol. 31, no. 2, Nov. 2020, pp. 291–97, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204.


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