Defining and managing suicidal risk in patients taking psychotropic medications

Jan A Fawcett; Ross J Baldessarini; William H Coryell; Morton M Silverman; Dan J Stein

doi:10.4088/JCP.8145co0c

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Defining and managing suicidal risk in patients taking psychotropic medications

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Defining and managing suicidal risk in patients taking psychotropic medications

Jan A Fawcett, Ross J Baldessarini, William H Coryell, Morton M Silverman and Dan J Stein

The journal of clinical psychiatry, Vol.70(6), pp.782-789

06/2009

DOI: 10.4088/JCP.8145co0c

PMID: 19573477

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Abstract

In March 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health advisory warning that antidepressant treatment may increase suicidality and worsen depression in adult and pediatric patients. Then, in May 2007, the FDA proposed that the black box warning in the prescribing information for antidepressants and other drugs used to treat depression be updated to include a warning about an increased risk of suicidality in young adults. In January 2008, the FDA announced that antiepileptic medication labeling will be required to include a warning about an increased risk of suicidality

United States

Humans

Middle Aged

Suicide - prevention & control

Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data

Depressive Disorder - drug therapy

Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use

Psychotropic Drugs - adverse effects

Young Adult

Suicide - psychology

Adult

Odds Ratio

Child

United States Food and Drug Administration

Cross-Sectional Studies

Risk Assessment

Treatment Outcome

Hospitalization

Suicide - statistics & numerical data

Suicide, Attempted - prevention & control

Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use

Suicide, Attempted - psychology

Drug Labeling

Mental Disorders - drug therapy

Adolescent

Aged

Antidepressive Agents - adverse effects

Details

Title: Subtitle: Defining and managing suicidal risk in patients taking psychotropic medications
Creators: Jan A Fawcett - Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Ross J Baldessarini
William H Coryell
Morton M Silverman
Dan J Stein
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The journal of clinical psychiatry, Vol.70(6), pp.782-789
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.8145co0c
PMID: 19573477
NLM abbreviation: J Clin Psychiatry
ISSN: 0160-6689
eISSN: 1555-2101
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 06/2009
Academic Unit: Psychiatry
Record Identifier: 9984003437902771

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