[YSPNetwork] FYI: SSRI antidepressants may lower adult suicide risk USN&WR

[Donna NOONAN]

YSPNetworkers,
I'm copying an article from the Spark (www.sprc.org) FYI:

SSRI antidepressants may lower adult suicide risk, U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 3, 2009
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) may significantly reduce suicide risk in depressed adults, according to a new analysis by researchers from the World Health Organization and the University of Verona (Italy). This finding contrasts with the results of previous research, including a 2007 study by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the authors of the WHO/University of Verona study, "While the FDA found a neutral effect of SSRIs (or a promoting effect in adults aged 18-25), we found a strong protective effect associated with SSRI treatment in adults." 
Link to Article ( http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/02/03/ssri-antidepressants-may-lower-adult-suicide-risk.html ) 
Spark Extra! Read the full text of the study by the WHO/University of Verona researchers http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/180/3/291 
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Donna G. Noonan, MPH, CHES
Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Injury Prevention & Epidemiology Program
Oregon Public Health Division
800 NE Oregon, Ste 772
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 971-673-1023 
Fax 971-673-0990
donna.noonan at state.or.us 
www.oregon.gov/dhs/ph/ipe/ysp/ 

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