Monitoring of suicide risk throughout the course of treatment with antidepressants for depression is required, but vigilance is required for those on some particular antidepressant agents

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Sarah Hetrick. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;18(3):86.

doi: 10.1136/eb-2015-102102. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

¹ University of Melbourne, Centre for Youth Mental Health and Orygen, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; shetrick@unimelb.edu.au.

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Keywords: MENTAL HEALTH.

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Antidepressant use and risk of suicide and attempted suicide or self harm in people aged 20 to 64: cohort study using a primary care database.
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