1. Primary care physician's attitudes and practices regarding antidepressant use during pregnancy: a survey of two countries.
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Bilszta JL, Tsuchiya S, Han K, Buist AE, and Einarson A
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- Antidepressive Agents adverse effects, Attitude of Health Personnel, Australia, Canada, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Risk, Antidepressive Agents therapeutic use, Depression drug therapy, Physicians, Primary Care statistics & numerical data, Practice Patterns, Physicians' statistics & numerical data, Pregnancy Complications drug therapy
- 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.
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- 2011
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