Objectives Depression is common among elderly people. However, diagnosis and adequate
treatment is frequently difficult. Research on underuse and overuse of antidepressants in …

Objectives This study aimed to examine changes in antidepressant use in an elderly
population over a 2-year period and to determine which factors could predict these changes …

Background The patterns of antidepressant drug prescribing have rarely been studied in
large and geographically defined populations of elderly subjects. In the present study we …

Objectives In older people, a diagnosis of depression is frequently missed, and proper
treatment is subsequently hampered. We investigated antidepressant and benzodiazepine …

Background. There are few epidemiologic studies of the rate of antidepressant use in the
elderly population, especially for community residents. We report findings on antidepressant …

Objectives Offlabel prescriptions of antidepressants may be of special concern in older
adults. We aimed to study the potential offlabel use of antidepressants among adults≥ 65 …

Objective: The authors investigated the clinical outcomes of commonly used antidepressants
among older adults who initiated first-time antidepressants for depression by analyzing the 1 …

Abstract Background and Objective Antidepressant use in older adults (≥ 65 years) is
understudied in large population-based samples, particularly in recent years and regarding …

Background: Antidepressants are prescribed widely to older people but little is known about
older peoples' own reported experiences of taking them in routine practice. Methods: A …

Objective The treatment of depression in reallife settings appears to be influenced by
health care systems. Antidepressant drugs have been found to be underused in the older …