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No indication for increased rate of suicide attempts by SSRIs in the Netherlands.
Marquet, R.L., Bartelds, A., Schellevis, F. No indication for increased rate of suicide attempts by SSRIs in the Netherlands. British Medical Journal: 2005, 330(3 March)
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Editor- The ongoing debate on the possible association between suicide attempts and the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), especially in younger patients, prompted us to look for such an association in the data collected by Dutch general practitioners (GPs). We analyzed the database of the years 1997-2003 focusing on the proportion of repeated suicide attempts in relation to the prescription by GPs of two different types of antidepressants: SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). Our data do not support the notion that SSRIs trigger more suicide attempts than TCAs. (aut.ref.)
Editor- The ongoing debate on the possible association between suicide attempts and the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), especially in younger patients, prompted us to look for such an association in the data collected by Dutch general practitioners (GPs). We analyzed the database of the years 1997-2003 focusing on the proportion of repeated suicide attempts in relation to the prescription by GPs of two different types of antidepressants: SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). Our data do not support the notion that SSRIs trigger more suicide attempts than TCAs. (aut.ref.)