Antidepressants and violence: Problems at the interface of medicine and law

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1478-1487

  Healy, David ^a   Herxheimer, Andrew ^b   Menkes, David B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOXETINE; MEFLOQUINE; PAROXETINE; RESERPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOPICLONE;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AKATHISIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HALLUCINATION; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; INSOMNIA; MANIA; MEDICINE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NERVOUSNESS; NIGHTMARE; PANIC; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP WALKING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33749033923     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030372     Document Type: Review

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