Current view on the suicide risk during treatment of antidepressants in children

Autor	Prof. MUDr. Ivana Drtílková, CSc
Organisation	Česká lékařská společnost J. E. Purkyně
Year	2007
Research type	study
Annotation	A small minority of children and adolescents (2-3%) seems prone to suicidality when defined as increased suicidal ideation or behavior during treatment with antidepressants. Mechanisms proposed to explain emergence of suicidality during antidepressant treatment are: progression of underlying depression reflecting ineffective treatment, energizing phenomena, activation syndrome and stage shift from depression into mania or mixed state.Future studies of clinical or biological markers may allow a better prediction of which pediatric patients are most liable to show behavioral sensitivity to antidepressants
Keywords	antidepressants, children, suicidality, risk.
Research type	continual research
Start date	1. 1. 2007
End date	31. 12. 2007
Obor	ED physiology
Note	Drtílková, I. Současný pohled na suicidální riziko v průběhu antidepresivní léčby u dětí. Čes. a slov. Psychiat., 103, 2007, No. 1, pp. 22–27.
Email	idrtilkova@fnbrno.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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Research location	Česká lékařská společnost J. E. Purkyně, Sokolská 31, Praha 2 12026
Organisation	Česká lékařská společnost J. E. Purkyně
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