Modeling of the temporal patterns of fluoxetine prescriptions and suicide rates in the United States.

To study the potential association of antidepressant use and suicide at a population level, we analyzed the associations between suicide rates and dispensing of the prototypic SSRI antidepressant fluoxetine in the United States during the period 1960-2002.Sources of data included Centers of Disease...

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Main Authors: Michael S Milane, Marc A Suchard, Ma-Li Wong, Julio Licinio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1475655?pdf=render