Nationwide use of psychotropic drugs for treatment of self-reported depression in the Brazilian urban adult population.

Luiz Roberto Ramos Jair de Jesus Mari Andréia Turmina Fontanella Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol Andréa Damaso Bertoldi Sotero Serrate Menguenull null

Published in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2020)

Depression in Brazil, is common among young adults as a single chronic disease and highly prevalent among people with chronic multimorbidity, especially the young. The treatment gap was larger among young people and in the less developed regions of the country.

Keyphrases

young adults
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
physical activity
cross sectional
replacement therapy
drug induced