Sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation  in Australia

Simmons, Magenta B; Willet, Michaela R; Hetrick, Sarah E

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02895.x

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To the Editor: We thank Page and colleagues for their important article considering the sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation in Australia.1

Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: msimmons@unimelb.edu.au

Acknowledgements:

Acknowledgement: Magenta Simmons is funded by an Ian Scott Scholarship from Australian Rotary Health.

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4. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Clinical guidance on the use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents. Melbourne: RACGP, 2007. http://www.racgp.org.au/guidelines/ssris (accessed Sep 2009).
5. Hetrick S, Simmons M, Merry S. SSRIs and depression in children and adolescents: the imperative for shared decision-making. Australas Psychiatry 2008; 16: 354-358.

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