Antidepressants and lethal violence in the Netherlands 1994-2008

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-506

  Bouvy, Paul F ^a   Liem, Marieke ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Epidemiology; Homicide; Lethal violence; SSRI; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOMICIDE SUICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864486102     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2668-2     Document Type: Article

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