Posted by Emme on September 16, 2004, at 8:53:19
In reply to Re: Suicide and Antidepressents, posted by Camille Dumont on September 16, 2004, at 1:18:57
Larry Hoover actually read one of the reports not too long ago, not just articles in the media. He had some interesting things to say about it. I'm thinking of one particular thread in which he commented about the way reponses to the meds were measured and recorded. I just looked quickly and can't find it at the moment.
IMHO, the primary issue is not so much whether some people experience increased suicidality on any of the SSRIs, but rather an issue of pharmacologic management. Patients should be monitored very closely when starting drugs in case such a reaction emerges. To assume *any* psychotropic medication is beign enough to prescribe without careful followup is dangerous.
I must strenuously disagree that people who commit suicide are always violent by nature. Suicide is what happens when coping skills are outweighed by despair.
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