Medico Legal Editorials - SSRIs

ISSUES IN FORENSIC CASES ASSOCIATED WITH SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS by Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

SSRIs (SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS) - AN OVERVIEW
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

 

There have been a number of cases in which Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRIs, have been implicated in criminal defences. The issue being that SSRIs may predispose individuals to exhibit behaviours precipitated by SSRIs as an adverse effect of their therapy. These cases have included motoring offences, shop lifting, robberies, and assaults....

 

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RAPID RESPONSE, RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs by Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

NEWER ANTIDEPRESSANTS - NO HINT OF THE CONTROVERSIES, MEDICO-LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DIFFICULTIES WITH SSRIS
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

 

This series of articles on therapeutics is of great help to practising doctors and of interest to clinical pharmacologists such as myself. However, I am prompted to respond for a number of reasons ...

 

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RAPID RESPONSE, RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs by Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

HOW DO PARENTS OF ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN MAKE SENSIBLE DECISIONS NOW?
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

 

I now run support groups for these parents including one for The Capio Nightingale Clinic'sAdolescent Unit in Chelsea for parents and carers of those children admitted to the hospital.

 

One of the reccuring themes they want to discuss is the evidence base for all the therapies that their children recieve, both psychological and pharmacological. ...

 

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RAPID RESPONSE, RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs by Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

RAPID RESPONSE, RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

 

Despite the cynicism of others, the FDA and the BMJ should be congratulated on brining to the attention of a wider medical community the age related relationship between suicidality and SSRI antidepressants ...

 

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ISSUES IN FORENSIC CASES ASSOCIATED WITH SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS by Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

ISSUES IN FORENSIC CASES ASSOCIATED WITH SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

 

There have been a number of cases in which Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRIs, have been implicated in criminal defences. The issue being that SSRIs may predispose individuals to exhibit behaviours precipitated by SSRIs as an adverse effect of their therapy. ...

 

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RAPID RESPONSE - RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

RAPID RESPONSE - RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

 

Despite the cynicism of others, the FDA and the BMJ should be congratulated on brining to the attention of a wider medical community the age related relationship between suicidality and SSRI antidepressants ...

 

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