TY - JOUR AU - Mercier, Alain AU - Auger-Aubin, Isabelle AU - Lebeau, Jean-Pierre AU - Royen, Paul Van AU - Peremans, Lieve PY - 2011 DA - 2011/09/24 TI - Understanding the prescription of antidepressants: a Qualitative study among French GPs JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 99 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - One-tenth of France's population is prescribed at least one antidepressant, primarily by General Practitioners. The reasons for this high prescription rate remain unclear. One-third of these prescriptions may not comply with clinical practice guidelines, and 20% are potentially unrelated to any psychiatric condition. Our aim was to explore how GPs declare they use antidepressants in daily practice and understand their reasons for prescribing them. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-99 DO - 10.1186/1471-2296-12-99 ID - Mercier2011 ER -