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Antidepressant Use at the Threshold: using electronic health records to characterise people prescribed antidepressants around the time of dementia diagnosis

2025-12-17 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAntidepressant use is common in people with dementia. Antidepressants may be started to manage symptoms of dementia, rather than depressive and anxiety disorders. We hypothesised people prescribed antidepressants around the time of dementia diagnosis may have different characteristics from those with longstanding prescriptions. MethodsWe used linked primary care (Lambeth DataNet) and specialist (Clinical Record Interactive Search) data for patients with dementia in south London, UK. A...

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