Suicide and antidepressants
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Suicide, depression, and antidepressants.
Unipolar depression, one of the most important causes of disability worldwide, is characterised by depressed mood, hopelessness, helplessness, intense feelings of guilt, sadness, low self esteem, thoughts of self harm, and suicide. Up to 15% of patients with unipolar depression eventually commit suicide. Although clinical guidelines recommend treating moderate to severe depression with antidepr...
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The suicide rate in Sweden decreased by 25% during the 1990s. After analysing trends for the years 1978–96, I proposed that the cause might be the concurrent increased use of antidepressants, and data from Norway, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the USA supported this hypothesis (Isacsson, 2000). However, naturalistic studies do not allow definite conclusions, which is why the importance of testi...
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The suicide rate in Sweden decreased by 25% during the 1990s. After analysing trends for the years 1978–96, I proposed that the cause might be the concurrent increased use of antidepressants, and data from Norway, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the USA supported this hypothesis (Isacsson, 2000). However, naturalistic studies do not allow definite conclusions, which is why the importance of testi...
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OBJECTIVES Recent data showing possible increased risk for suicidal behavior among children and adolescents treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) antidepressants have created significant concern among patients, families, and providers, including concerns about the risk of individual antidepressants. This study was d...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6974.205