Study findings on FDA antidepressant warnings and suicide attempts in young people: A false alarm?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Barber, Catherine ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a   Miller, Matthew ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AUTOMUTILATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LETTER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84908044812     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5645     Document Type: Letter

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