Antidepressant Use During Acute Inpatient Care Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Psychiatric Rehospitalisation Over a 12-Month Follow-Up After Discharge

Antidepressant Use During Acute Inpatient Care Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Psychiatric Rehospitalisation Over a 12-Month Follow-Up After Discharge

Background: Some evidence suggests that antidepressants may relate to poor outcomes in depression. The aim of this study was, therefore, to examine, whether antidepressant use may worsen the long-term outcome in real-world psychiatric patients with both primarily affective and non-affective mental d...

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Main Authors: Michael P. Hengartner, Silvia Passalacqua, Andreas Andreae, Thomas Heinsius, Urs Hepp, Wulf Rössler, Agnes von Wyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
antidepressants
affective disorders
depression
outcome
rehospitalisation
propensity score
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00079/full

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