Antidepressants Do Prevent Suicides

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Antidepressants Do Prevent Suicides
Wed, 06-14-2006 - 10:11am
 Antidepressants Do Prevent Suicides, Researchers Contend
Study refutes notion that SSRIs such as Prozac boost the risk to users

Countering recent reports that they might boost suicide risk in users, a major new study finds that antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have actually saved thousands of lives by preventing suicides since they were introduced in 1988.


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