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Antidepressants: uses and attitudes among consultant psychiatrists – A questionnaire study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Brian O'Shea
Brian O'Shea*
Affiliation:
Newcastle Hospital, Greystones, Co. Wicklow; Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, University College Dublin
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Abstract

An audit of Consultant Psychiatrists' views on and uses of antidepressant drugs is reported. At present senior prescribers largely opt for the older tricyclic antidepressants despite a knowledge of their shortcomings. MAOIs are less popular and newer drugs are viewed cautiously and apprehensively. Lofepramine is largely viewed as an alternative to dothiepin and amitriptyline. Non-drug strategies in the management of depression consist largely of support, environmental manipulation and electroconvulsive therapy. The relatively novel treatment, cognitive therapy, has a strong minority following.

Keywords

DepressionAntidepressantsQuestionnaireConsultant PsychiatristsPreferenceAttitudes
Type
Practice Review
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , September 1991 , pp. 167 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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