Emergence of intense suicidal preoccupation during fluoxetine treatment

Six depressed patients free of recent serious suicidal ideation developed intense, violent suicidal preoccupation after 2-7 weeks of fluoxetine treatment. This state persisted for as little as 3 days to as long as 3 months after discontinuation of fluoxetine. None of these patients had ever experien...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of psychiatry 1990-02, Vol.147 (2), p.207-210
Hauptverfasser:	TEICHER, M. H, GLOD, C, COLE, J. O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Depressive Disorder - drug therapy Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Drugs Female Fluoxetine - adverse effects Humans Male Medical sciences Mental depression Middle Aged Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Pharmacology. Drug treatments Psychiatry Suicide Suicides & suicide attempts Time Factors Toxicity: nervous system and muscle
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	Six depressed patients free of recent serious suicidal ideation developed intense, violent suicidal preoccupation after 2-7 weeks of fluoxetine treatment. This state persisted for as little as 3 days to as long as 3 months after discontinuation of fluoxetine. None of these patients had ever experienced a similar state during treatment with any other psychotropic drug.
ISSN:	0002-953X 1535-7228
DOI:	10.1176/ajp.147.2.207