Key Information on the Use of Antidepressants in Scotland

A short document explaining what existing data sources tell us about the quality of anti-depressant prescribing in Scotland.


Footnotes

1. https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Publications/2013-09-24/2013-09-24-PrescribingMentalHealth-Report.pdf?40206545592

2. http://www.bnf.org/bnf/index.htm

3. Factors associated with duration of new antidepressant treatment: analysis of a larger primary care database. Burton et al. BJGP 2012; 62: 82-83.

4. Quality Watch. Focus On: Antidepressant treatment: Trends in the prescribing of antidepressants in primary care. Spence R et al. 2014.

5. The Matrix of Psychological Therapies. http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and-training/by-discipline/psychology/matrix/the-psychological-therapies-matrix.aspx

6. Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for treatment-resistant depression in primary care: the CoBaIT randomised controlled trial: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24824481

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