Antidepressant use in low- middle- and high-income countries: a World Mental Health Surveys report.
Alan E KazdinChi-Shin WuIrving HwangVictor Puac-PolancoNancy A SampsonAli Al-HamzawiJordi AlonsoLaura Helena AndradeCorina BenjetJosé-Miguel Caldas-de-AlmeidaGiovanni de GirolamoPeter de JongeSilvia FlorescuOye GurejeJosep M HaroMeredith G HarrisElie G KaramGeorges KaramViviane Kovess-MasfetySing LeeJohn J McGrathFernando Navarro-MateuDaisuke NishiBibilola D OladejiJosé Posada-VillaDan J SteinT Bedirhan ÜstünDaniel V VigoZahari ZarkovAlan M ZaslavskyRonald C Kesslernull nullPublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
ADMs are in widespread use and for a variety of conditions including but going beyond depression and anxiety. In a general population sample from multiple LMICs and HICs, ADMs were widely perceived to be either very or somewhat effective by the people who use them.