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. 2021 Dec 6;21:608. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03616-1

Table 2.

Medications received during the one-year pre-index period (indexdate-365 days to indexdate-1 day)

Medication %
Treatment classes of interest
 SSRI 43.1%
 Anxiolytic 34.7%
 Anticonvulsant 27.9%
 Other antidepressants 25.6%
 Hypnotics and Sedatives 16.9%
 SNRI 16.5%
 Psychostimulant 7.2%
 Tricyclic 5.5%
 Atypical antipsychotic 5.3%
 Lithium 0.4%
 MAOI 0.1%

SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SNRI serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, MAOI monoamine oxidase inhibitor.