A black-box warning for antidepressants in children?
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Antidepressants and Suicide Risk: Considerations in Treating Patients with Major Depression
Hospital Physician May 2008 15 F or nearly 2 decades, there has been concern regarding the relationship between antidepressants and risk for suicide. This concern ultimately led the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a public health advisory in 2004 warning of a possible increased risk of suicide in children and adolescents treated with certain antidepressant drugs.1 In October 2004...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 351 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004