Suicides by violent means in individuals taking SSRIs and other antidepressants: A postmortem study in Sweden, 1992-2004

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-506

  Fazel, Seena ^a,b,d   Grann, Martin ^b   Ahlner, Johan ^c   Goodwin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; LOFEPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34548696390     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0b013e31814ce3ef     Document Type: Article

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