Antidepressants therapy and risk of suicide among patients with major depressive disorders / / Maurizio Pompili ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Biomedical, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (58 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/8445
• Soggetto topico: Suicide - Risk factors; Suicidal behavior - Etiology; Antidepressants - Side effects; Depression, Mental - Treatment - Complications
• Altri autori: PompiliMaurizio
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the complex challenge of suicide -- Antidepressants and suicidal risk -- The relationship between antidepressants and suicide as reported in ecological studies -- The relationship between antidepressants and suicide as reported in cohort and case-control studies -- The relationship between antidepressants and suicide as reported in randomized controlled trials (RCTS) -- The relationship between antidepressants and suicide in different countries -- Possible explanations for the lack of effect on suicidal risk during antidepressant treatment and clinical implications -- Adverse effect of antidepressants and suicide mortality.
• Sommario/riassunto: Most cases of suicide (81 per cent-95 per cent) in the general population involve psychiatric illnesses, nearly half of which (48.5 per cent) are mood disorders. This book reviews whether the use of antidepressants is associated with benefits in terms of completed or attempted suicide.
• Titolo autorizzato: Antidepressants therapy and risk of suicide among patients with major depressive disorders
• ISBN: 1-61122-388-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972271703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series.; Pharmacology-research, safety testing, and regulation series.