The substantial increase in antidepressant use over the last decades requires a deeper understanding of the factors driving this trend in order to develop effective policy responses. This paper conjectures that macroeconomic stance may be one of the determinants of antidepressant use. Panel data estimates for 19 OECD countries for the period 1997–2017 show that the coefficients of income per capita, unemployment rate, and the share of household debt in disposable income are positive and statistically significant in explaining antidepressant use. As an extension, the study focuses on the role of various unemployment measures and shows that all of these significantly and positively contribute to antidepressant use. The study concludes that controlling the rise in antidepressant use requires both improved macroeconomic governance, and stricter rules and regulations for their prescription.

在过去的几十年中，抗抑郁药的使用大量增加，需要对导致这一趋势的因素有更深入的了解，以便制定有效的政策对策。本文推测，宏观经济立场可能是抗抑郁药使用的决定因素之一。1997年至2017年期间，经合组织19个国家的面板数据估计表明，人均收入，失业率和家庭债务在可支配收入中所占的系数为正，在解释抗抑郁药的使用方面具有统计意义。作为扩展，该研究着重于各种失业措施的作用，并表明所有这些措施都对抗抑郁药的使用产生了积极而积极的影响。研究得出结论，控制抗抑郁药的使用量增加既需要改善宏观经济治理，