Changes in antidepressant use by young people and suicidal behavior after FDA warnings and media coverage: quasi-experimental study

Y. Lu, Christine; Zhang, Fan; Lakoma, Matthew; M. Madden, Jeanne; Rusinak, Donna; B. Penfold, Robert; E. Simon, Gregory; K. Ahmedani, Brian; N. Clarke, Gregory; M. Hunkeler, Enid; E. Waitzfelder, Beth; Owen‐Smith, Ashli; A. Raebel, Marsha; C. Rossom, Rebecca; J. Coleman, Karen; A. Copeland, Laurel; B. Soumerai, Stephen

doi:10.1136/bmj.g3596

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Changes in antidepressant use by young people and suicidal behavior after FDA warnings and media coverage: quasi-experimental study

Published in BMJ • Jun 18, 2014

Authors:

Christine Y. Lu

Fan Zhang

Matthew Lakoma

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate if the widely publicized warnings in 2003 from the US Food and Drug Administration about a possible increased risk of suicidality with antidepressant use in young people were associated with changes in antidepressant use, suicide attempts, and completed suicides among young...

Subject

Antidepressant

Media coverage

Suicidal behavior

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