Proportion of antidepressants prescribed without a psychiatric diagnosis is growing.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Health Affairs

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1024PMID 21821561
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