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SSRI prescribing in the elderly: caution required

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gillian Pinner
Affiliation:
Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
Walter P. Bouman
Affiliation:
Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
Hazel Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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