Use of antidepressants among Finnish family caregivers: a nationwide register-based study.
Tuija M MikkolaHannu KautiainenMinna MäntyMikaela B von BonsdorffHannu KoponenKröger TeppoJohan Gunnar ErikssonPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)
Family caregivers providing high-intensity care use more antidepressants and hence, are likely to have poorer mental health than the age-matched general population in virtually all age groups. However, the magnitude of the higher use varies as a function of age and gender.