Sunday, February 05, 2006

Antidepressents and suicide

There is no increase in risk of suicide when people start taking antidepressent medication according to research in the US. The researchers examined suicide rates amongst 65,000 people who were prescribed anti depressents during a 10.5 year period up to 2002.
American Journal of Psychiatry (2006) 163: 1, 41-47

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