Antidepressants and suicide: Treatment is probably too sporadic to affect overall suicide rates

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7643, 2008, Pages 515-516

  Simon, Gregory ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; DEPRESSION; NOTE; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 40949115975     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39482.666366.80     Document Type: Editorial

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