@article{ref1,
title="Consumption of psychotropic drugs and medical care preceding voluntary drug poisoning in 63 patients with major depressive disorders according to the DSM III-R",
journal="Annales medico-psychologiques",
year="1989",
author="Théret, L. and Pire, J. C. and Pascalis, J. G.",
volume="147",
number="7",
pages="742-747",
abstract="Twenty years after the large development of the use of psychotropic drugs and of a psychiatric formation for doctors, 63 subjects with a major depressive episode following the D.S.M. III-R criteria were interviewed in a psychiatric emergency unit about their psychotropic drugs consumption and their medical care preceding a drug self-poisoning. There is a discrepancy between the subjects' depressive pathology and their care consumption. During the depressive episode 3% of the subjects received a treatment considered to be adequate--existence of an antidepressant therapy at sufficient dosage and duration together with a medical psychological follow-up. The results indicate a relative failure of the health care system. The importance of the selection of the sample and the limits of a medical approach are stressed. The usefulness of anti-depressant drugs and the necessity for a psychiatric training for doctors cannot be questioned. Only prospective studies could demonstrate whether a better suited medical action is able to reduce the incidence of suicidal behaviour among depressive patients.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0003-4487",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}