New antidepressant utilization pre- and post-bereavement: a population-based study of partners and adult children.
Katherine A OrnsteinMelissa AldridgeChristina GillezeauMarie S KristensenTatjana GazibaraMogens GroenvoldLau C ThygesenPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)
Both male and female partners have increase in new antidepressant utilization before and after the death of their partner. Our work points to the importance of supporting partners not only after the death of their partner, but also in the period before death when families may be actively engaged in caregiving for the seriously ill.