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Review
. 2004 Jul 3;329(7456):34-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7456.34.

Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm

David Gunnell  1 , Deborah Ashby
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Review

Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm

David Gunnell et al. BMJ. .
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Fig 1
Trends in suicide and undetermined death rates (England and Wales) and prescribing of antidepressants (United Kingdom) by age and sex
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Fig 2
Trends in the number of antidepressant prescriptions issued 1980-2002, England
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