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April 13, 2005
Research: Antidepressants Reduce The Suicide Rate
This article describes the conundrum we're in now: Do antidepressants cause suicide or reduce the risk in depressed patients? These scientists say that more effective antidepressants have led to a reduction in suicide. Others say that the drop in suicide rates since 1988 has occurred because firearms are harder to obtain today. Another possibility is that these drugs are beneficial in adults but could actually cause suicidal thoughts in the developing brains of kids and teens. A related...
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Posted on April 13, 2005 07:24 PM by antide275.
Filed in Mental Health Update under antidepressants.
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