Posted on February 24, 2008 by sjennings29
Antidepressants and Suicide, BMJ, British Medical Journal, 39482, 14 February 2008
Abstract: Two accompanying observational studies by Biddle and colleagues and Wheeler and colleagues add to the recent literature regarding changes in antidepressant use and changes in suicide rates.1 2 The current controversy began in2003,whenreanalyses of data from clinical trials raised concerns that antidepressants might precipitate [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2008 by sjennings29
The Management of Depression in Adults, BMJ, British Medical Journal, 336:435-439, 23 February 2008
Abstract: A study by the World Health Organization ranked depression the fourth global burden of disease and found it to be the largest non-fatal burden of disease, with nearly 12% of total years lived with disability.1 According to the cross sectional WHO [...]
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