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Suicidality rare as adverse effect of antidepressants
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30370
Subject(s) - antidepressant , adverse effect , medicine , serotonin reuptake inhibitor , suicidal behavior , psychiatry , depression (economics) , pharmacology , intensive care medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , anxiety , macroeconomics , economics
A review of data for hospitalized patients taking antidepressants has found that suicidal thoughts and behavior as a consequence of antidepressant use were rare. Suicidal adverse reactions were most likely with use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and usually occurred early in treatment, researchers found.