Antidepressants and suicide attempts in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent data showing possible increased risk for suicidal behavior among children and adolescents treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) antidepressants have created significant concern among patients, families, and providers, including concerns about the risk of individual antidepressants. This study was designed to compare the risk for medically treated suicide attempts among new users of sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram, escitalopram, and venlafaxine to risk for new users of fluoxetine.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study included 36,842 children aged 6 to 18 years enrolled in Tennessee Medicaid between 1995 and 2006 who were new users of 1 of the antidepressant medications of inte

SUBMITTER: Cooper WO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3904271 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature