Citation

Arana A, Wentworth CE, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Arellano FM. New Engl. J. Med. 2010; 363(6): 542-551.

Affiliation

From Risk MR Pharmacovigilance Services, Zaragoza (A.A., F.M.A.); the Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid (J.L.A.-M.) - all in Spain; and RiskMR, Bridgewater, NJ (C.E.W., F.M.A.).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa0909801

PMID

20818889

Abstract

In this large observational study based on data collected as part of clinical care in the United Kingdom, antiepileptic-drug treatment was not associated with an increased risk of suicide-related events among patients with epilepsy, but the use of these drugs was associated with suicide-related events in patients with depression.

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