Suicide attempts with mirtazapine overdose without complications

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 925-926

  Holzbach, Rüdiger ^a   Jahn, Holger ^a   Pajonk, Frank Gerald ^a   Mähne, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Mirtazapine; Overdose; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; MIRTAZAPINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0032212085     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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