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Do Antidepressants Increase Suicide Risk?

  • July 21, 2004

A British study of some 3,000 adults and children showed evidence that patients are prone to suicidal impulses when they are first put on antidepressants. Researchers studied four drugs and found suicidal thoughts or attempts were four times more likely during the first 10 days of treatment than they were after three months. Suicide was almost 40 times more common early on than later in treatment (though there were only 17 suicides, all in patients older than 19). Experts believe...
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