… diagnosis, and underuse and overuse of antidepressants in a large population-based sample
of older adults in Germany. Our study identified a large group of older adults suffering with …

… Racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular medication use among older adults in the
United States. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 19:834–842, 2010 Crossref, Medline, …

… The Veterans Health Administration and Department of Defense (VHA/DOD) guideline for
treating adults with depression and another from England that focused on treating older adults …

… is specific to antidepressant use, or rather overuse, in Australia, … Arfken et al. demonstrated
that antidepressants, specifically … -fold rise in the risk of falls in older adults (≥ 60 years). 15. …

… with antidepressants. The possibility of harm from the overuse of antidepressants has …
This review sets out evidence to show that inappropriate use of antidepressants (ie outside …

… ,10, 11 an important consideration given that some antidepressants, particularly those with
… taken by older adults.12 Yet, questions remain about the extent of potential antidepressant …

… Taken together, these factors have led to increasing concern about overuse of antidepressants,
particularly in older adults.16 This concern is heightened because of the reported …

… The independent variables entered were the BMQ specific necessity/concern differential
for antidepressants, the harm and overuse subscales of the general BMQ scale, the UKU …

… offlabel antidepressant use among older adults in Germany, … classes of antidepressants or
individual antidepressants. Given … use among older adults for individual antidepressants are …

… Older adults are likely to have altered drug metabolism and clearance, co-existing physical
… Consequently, we could not analyze underuse or overuse, nor misuse of ADs taking into …