Anticonvulsant Medications and the Risk of Suicide, Attempted Suicide, or Violent Death

Anticonvulsant medications and the risk of suicide, attempted suicide, or violent death.

CONTEXT In 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration mandated warning labeling for anticonvulsant medications regarding the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The decision was based on a meta-analysis not sufficiently large to investigate individual drugs. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk of suicidal acts and combined suicidal acts or violent death associated with individual ant...

Suicide and attempted suicide

Accurate prediction of suicide risk remains a challenge, in its prevention. Many people with psychiatric disorders do not manifest suicidal behaviour, suggesting the importance of diathesis, or susceptibility to suicide, in addition to associated disorders. At present there are no biomarkers to predict suicidal behaviour. The authors of this article have attempted to describe the neurobiology o...

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