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Association between mirtazapine use and serious self-harm in people with depression: an active comparator cohort study using UK electronic health records (2022)
Journal Article
Joseph, R. M., Jack, R. H., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Butler, D., Hollis, C., …Coupland, C. (2022). Association between mirtazapine use and serious self-harm in people with depression: an active comparator cohort study using UK electronic health records. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 25(4), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2021-300355

BACKGROUND: Studies report an increased risk of self-harm or suicide in people prescribed mirtazapine compared with other antidepressants. OBJECTIVES: To compare the risk of serious self-harm in people prescribed mirtazapine versus other antidepressa... Read More about Association between mirtazapine use and serious self-harm in people with depression: an active comparator cohort study using UK electronic health records.

The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records (2022)
Journal Article
Joseph, R. M., Jack, R. H., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Butler, D., Hollis, C., …Coupland, C. (2022). The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records. BMC Medicine, 20(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02247-x

Background Studies have reported an increased risk of mortality among people prescribed mirtazapine compared to other antidepressants. The study aimed to compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality between adults prescribed mirtazapine or other s... Read More about The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records.

Incidence and prevalence of primary care antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: A population-based cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Jack, R. H., Hollis, C., Coupland, C., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Butler, D., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2020). Incidence and prevalence of primary care antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 17(7), Article e1003215. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003215

BACKGROUND: The use of antidepressants in children and adolescents remains controversial. We examined trends over time and variation in antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England and whether the drugs prescribed reflected UK l... Read More about Incidence and prevalence of primary care antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: A population-based cohort study.

Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database (2020)
Journal Article
Jack, R. H., Joseph, R. M., Coupland, C., Butler, D., Hollis, C., Morriss, R., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2020). Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database. BMC Medicine, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01560-7

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Antidepressants may be used to manage a number of conditions in children and young people including depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. UK guidelines for the treatment of depression in children an... Read More about Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database.