Our findings show that, fortunately, suicide attempts and death by suicide are rare following the initiation of antidepressants. The period right after people start taking antidepressant medication is not a period of increased risk. In fact, risk after starting medication is lower than before. |
People should be closely monitored, but not because these drugs are especially risky. The real problem in the treatment of depression is that people start medicine and the medicine has side effects or the medicine doesn't work right away, and they get discouraged and they drop out. |
The risk of a serious suicide attempt in people who start taking antidepressant medication is, fortunately, quite low -- less than one in 1,000. The risk actually goes down after people start antidepressant medication. |
The risk of a serious suicide attempt in people who start taking antidepressant medication is, fortunately, quite low — less than one in 1,000. The risk actually goes down after people start antidepressant medication. |