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1. Primary care physician's attitudes and practices regarding antidepressant use during pregnancy: a survey of two countries.

Author

Bilszta, Justin L. C., Tsuchiya, Shauna, Han, Kwiwon, Buist, Anne E., and Einarson, Adrienne

Subjects
ANTIDEPRESSANTS, ANALYSIS of variance, DRUG prescribing, PATIENT safety, PHYSICIANS, GENERAL practitioners, PROBABILITY theory, SURVEYS, PHYSICIAN practice patterns, PREGNANCY
Abstract

Little is known about the practices of primary care physicians regarding the prescribing of antidepressants during pregnancy. An anonymous survey was administered to a group of nonrandomly selected Australian general practitioners ( n = 61 out of 77) and randomly selected Canadian family physicians ( n = 35 out of 111). Responses to a hypothetical scenario and questions regarding beliefs about the use of antidepressant medication during pregnancy were collected. Physicians from both countries feel strongly that antidepressant use during pregnancy is a decision complicated by conflicting reports of safety and risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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