Citation

Brewerton TD. Biol. Psychiatry 1991; 30(2): 190-196.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-0742.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1912109

Abstract

In spite of the complexities involved in suicide, fluoxetine has been prematurely and simplistically blamed for inducing this phenomenon. A variety of variables must be factored into such an interpretation. Nevertheless, given the complicated psychobiological circumstances involved, acute and rapid changes in serotonin (5-HT) function appear to be important to the understanding of changes in suicidal behavior. Such a mechanism may also explain the robust seasonal peak of suicides in spring.

Language: en