Interest of pharmacoepidemiology for the study of psychotropic drugs
1Centre hospitalier Charles-Perrens, 33000 Bordeaux, France; University of Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux population health research center, pharmacoepidemiology research team, UMR 1219, 33000 Bordeaux, France; DRUGS-SAFE National Platform of Pharmacoepidemiology, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
Abstract:
In psychiatry, drug evaluation using pharmacoepidemiological methods has been of growing interest in recent decades. Studies based on observational databases are particularly useful for psychotropic drugs due to their important prevalence in populations, and their use over long period. The authors discussed the specific interest of pharmacoepidemiological studies in the field of psychiatry through two examples: first, the use of antidepressants, and, second, the risks associated with antipsychotics.
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