Antidepressants and suicide symptoms: Compelling new insights from the FDA's analysis of individual patient level data

Evidence-Based Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 34-36

  Barbui, Corrado ^a   Cipriani, Andrea ^a   Geddes, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG LABELING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG LABELING; HUMANS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 44449140050     PISSN: 13620347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.11.2.34     Document Type: Review

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