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dc.contributor.authorAmendola, Simone-
dc.contributor.authorPlöderl, Martin-
dc.contributor.authorHengartner, Michael Pascal-
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-26T15:44:19Z-
dc.date.available2024-02-26T15:44:19Z-
dc.date.issued2024-02-14-
dc.identifier.issn0227-5910de_CH
dc.identifier.issn2151-2396de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29966-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Previous ecological studies reported that increasing antidepressant prescriptions were associated with decreasing suicide rates. Aim: To determine whether antidepressant prescription prevalence is negatively associated with suicide rates (i.e., as antidepressant prescribing increases, suicide rates decrease) between 1999 and 2020. Method: The study protocol was pre-registered on the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/978sk/). Publicly available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiological Research (CDC WONDER) and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) were used. Results: Overall, both the antidepressant prescription prevalence and the suicide rate were increasing from 1990 to 2020 in the United States. Positive trends for both outcomes were also evident when analyses were stratified according to sex and/or race/ethnicity. Pearson's correlation analyses consistently found positive associations between antidepressant prescription prevalence and suicide rates. Limitations: Trends and their associations were examined at the population level. The results cannot clarify the causal nature of the association observed. Conclusion: The results of our analysis consistently demonstrated positive trends for both antidepressant prescription prevalence and suicide rates over time as well as positive associations between them. These findings update those from previous studies and are at odds with the notion that, at a population level, more antidepressant prescriptions would lead to lower suicide rates. However, it needs to be acknowledged that ecological studies provide insufficient evidence to infer causality.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherHogrefede_CH
dc.relation.ispartofCrisisde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectAntidepressantsde_CH
dc.subjectEpidemiologyde_CH
dc.subjectPsychopharmacologyde_CH
dc.subjectSuicidede_CH
dc.subjectUnited States of America (USA)de_CH
dc.subjectSelbstmordde_CH
dc.subjectPsychopharakologiede_CH
dc.subjectAntidepressivumde_CH
dc.subjectVereinigte Staaten von Amerikade_CH
dc.subjectEpidemiologiede_CH
dc.subject.ddc615: Pharmakologie und Therapeutikde_CH
dc.subject.ddc616.8: Neurologie und Krankheiten des Nervensystemsde_CH
dc.titleSuicide rates and prescription of antidepressantsde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementAngewandte Psychologiede_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitPsychologisches Institut (PI)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1027/0227-5910/a000941de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-29966-
dc.identifier.pmid38353035de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statusacceptedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedKlinische Psychologiede_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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Amendola, S., Plöderl, M., & Hengartner, M. P. (2024). Suicide rates and prescription of antidepressants. Crisis. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000941
Amendola, S., Plöderl, M. and Hengartner, M.P. (2024) ‘Suicide rates and prescription of antidepressants’, Crisis [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000941.
S. Amendola, M. Plöderl, and M. P. Hengartner, “Suicide rates and prescription of antidepressants,” Crisis, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000941.
AMENDOLA, Simone, Martin PLÖDERL und Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, 2024. Suicide rates and prescription of antidepressants. Crisis. 14 Februar 2024. DOI 10.1027/0227-5910/a000941
Amendola, Simone, Martin Plöderl, and Michael Pascal Hengartner. 2024. “Suicide Rates and Prescription of Antidepressants.” Crisis, February. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000941.
Amendola, Simone, et al. “Suicide Rates and Prescription of Antidepressants.” Crisis, Feb. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000941.


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