@article{ref1,
title="A population-level study concerning the assumed association between suicide rates and antidepressant consumption in Hungary",
journal="OMEGA - Journal of death and dying",
year="2022",
author="Bozsonyi, Karoly and Lester, David and Zonda, Tamas and Balint, Lajos and Veres, Elod",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: It has been claimed that the advent of modern antidepressants has reduced the suicide rate. AIMS: To examine the correlation between the suicide rate and the prescription of antidepressants. <br><br>METHOD: A dynamic regression was employed to analyze a 73-month-long, monthly time series between 2010 and 2016 in Hungary. The independent variable was the Defined Daily Dose value for the number of antidepressant (AD) prescriptions filled each month. <br><br>RESULTS: The models failed to show a significant association between the prescription of antidepressants and age- and sex-specific monthly suicide rates. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The prescription of antidepressants in Hungary has had no impact on suicide rates.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0030-2228",
doi="10.1177/00302228211067031",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228211067031"
}